To suspend the rules and consider a resolution allowing no further appropriation of public lands to states or corporations for the purpose of building railroads

On Nov 26, 1867, the House voted 70–66. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 57–49, Democrats 11–17, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 members voted against their own party.

During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 70
No: 66
Did not vote: 97
Date: Nov 26, 1867

By party

Republicans57 yes · 49 no · 72 didn’t vote
Democrats11 yes · 17 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
William Higby R-CA voted no
Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
Hiram Mccullough D-MD voted yes
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
Stephen Taber D-NY voted yes
John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted yes
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
James Mullins R-TN voted no
John Trimble R-TN voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and consider a…: House Vote, Nov 26, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-101/to-suspend-the-rules-and-consider-a-resolution-allowing (accessed 2026-10-15).