House roll call 174 · 40th Congress · Jan 21, 1868
To reconsider vote by which main question was ordered on H. R. 439.
On Jan 21, 1868, the House voted 83–75 (HR 439). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 58–60, Democrats 26–12, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 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
- 83
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Jan 21, 1868
By party
- Republicans58 yes · 60 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted yes
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted no
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted no
- John Morrissey D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- John Trimble R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Alexander Logan 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
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- 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
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
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
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen 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
- 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
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- 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
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan 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
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence 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
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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