House roll call 176 · 40th Congress · Jan 21, 1868
To amend H. R. 439 by conferring the right of appointments of civil officers or agents upon convention.
On Jan 21, 1868, the House voted 53–112 (HR 439). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 52–72, Democrats 0–41, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 53
- No
- 112
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Jan 21, 1868
By party
- Republicans52 yes · 72 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 41 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- 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
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- 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
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg 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
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill 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
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard 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
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks 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
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- 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
- 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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- 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
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters 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
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell 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
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins 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
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
- 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
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover 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
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Charles Denison D-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
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
Other votes
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