House roll call 134 · 40th Congress · Dec 16, 1867
To suspend the rules and introduce a bill providing that all indebtedness of the nation ought to be paid in exact accordance with acts of Congress creating them
On Dec 16, 1867, the House voted 56–83. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 40–69, Democrats 16–12, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 56
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- Dec 16, 1867
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 69 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 12 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook 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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- 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
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants 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
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken 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
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-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
- 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
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck 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
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-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
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake 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
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
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