House roll call 182 · 40th Congress · Jan 27, 1868
To pass a preamble and resolution stating: preamble-whereas acts of Congress provide for no denial of elective franchise in any part of the territories of the
On Jan 27, 1868, the House voted 126–37. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 123–0, Democrats 0–36, Others 3–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 126
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Jan 27, 1868
By party
- Republicans123 yes · 0 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 36 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Jehu Baker 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
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward 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
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley 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
- 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
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge 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
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- 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
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- 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
- 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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-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
- Richard Dudley Hubbard 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Thomas Estes Noell 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
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Lawrence Getz 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
- 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
- John Trimble R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
Other votes
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