House roll call 131 · 40th Congress · Dec 12, 1867
To pass the resolution and its preamble instructing the committee on military affairs to inquire into the expediency of reducing the army to peace establishment
On Dec 12, 1867, the House voted 133–0. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 103–0, Democrats 28–0, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.
During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 133
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 100
- Date
- Dec 12, 1867
By party
- Republicans103 yes · 0 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 0 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry 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
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss 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
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins 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
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
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum 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
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks 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
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn 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
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams 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
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
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