House roll call 127 · 40th Congress · Dec 10, 1867
To pass H. J. RES. 91, (15 stat 272, may 20, 1860) a resolution regarding certain lands granted to rail companies in the states of michigan and wisconsin.
On Dec 10, 1867, the House voted 108–39 (HJR 91). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 79–30, Democrats 29–7, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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
- 108
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Dec 10, 1867
By party
- Republicans79 yes · 30 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 7 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- James Mullins R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- 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
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-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
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Mullins R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
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
- 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
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- George Madison Adams 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- George Washington Anderson 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
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Funston Miller 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H. J. RES. 91, (15 stat 272, may 20…: House Vote, Dec 10, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-127/to-pass-h-j-res-91-15-stat-272 (accessed 2026-10-17).