House roll call 206 · 40th Congress · Feb 6, 1868
To amend H. R. 599, (15 stat 42, mar. 16, 1868), to read that no part of money appropriated for support of military academy shall be applied to payment of extra
On Feb 6, 1868, the House voted 71–75 (HR 599). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 55–52, Democrats 15–22, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 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
- 71
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 87
- Date
- Feb 6, 1868
By party
- Republicans55 yes · 52 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 22 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted yes
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
- John Fox D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- John Trimble R-TN voted no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-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
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg 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
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell 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
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-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
- 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
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- 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
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis 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
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 599, (15 stat 42, mar. 16…: House Vote, Feb 6, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-206/to-amend-h-r-599-15-stat-42-mar (accessed 2026-10-17).