House roll call 121 · 40th Congress · Dec 9, 1867
To pass a resolution directing the committee on rules to inquire whether it is not expedient to provide by amendment of the rules that consent of the house shal
On Dec 9, 1867, the House voted 64–71. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 56–48, Democrats 7–22, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 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
- 64
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Dec 9, 1867
By party
- Republicans56 yes · 48 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 22 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted no
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH voted no
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- James Mullins R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins 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
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To pass a resolution directing the committee…: House Vote, Dec 9, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-121/to-pass-a-resolution-directing-the-committee-on-rules (accessed 2026-10-16).