House roll call 179 · 40th Congress · Jan 23, 1868
To amend H. R. 127, (15 stat 37, feb. 21, 1868) a bill regarding additional soldiers' bounties, by adding that if a person entitled to bounty under act of congr
On Jan 23, 1868, the House voted 85–51 (HR 127). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 81–28, Democrats 3–26, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 85
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- Jan 23, 1868
By party
- Republicans81 yes · 28 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 26 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-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
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard 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
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding 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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard 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
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- 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
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Asa Porter Grover 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin 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
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis 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
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 127, (15 stat 37, feb. 21…: House Vote, Jan 23, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-179/to-amend-h-r-127-15-stat-37-feb (accessed 2026-10-17).