House roll call 18 · 40th Congress · Mar 15, 1867
To postpone further consideration of a resolution directing that the committee on military affairs be appointed and authorized to sit during the recess for the
On Mar 15, 1867, the House voted 69–56. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 42–55, Democrats 26–0, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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
- 69
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 108
- Date
- Mar 15, 1867
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 55 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 0 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA 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
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted yes
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Cornell R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted yes
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- 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
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-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
- 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
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax 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
- 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
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-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
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- 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
- 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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