To pass a resolution removing the seat of government of United States to the valley of the mississippi.

On Feb 10, 1868, the House voted 77–97. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 66–65, Democrats 10–30, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 75 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: 77
No: 97
Did not vote: 59
Date: Feb 10, 1868

By party

Republicans66 yes · 65 no · 47 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 30 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted yes
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Thomas Cornell R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss 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
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
William Mungen D-OH voted yes
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
James Mullins R-TN voted no
John Trimble R-TN voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted no
Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To pass a resolution removing the seat of…: House Vote, Feb 10, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-210/to-pass-a-resolution-removing-the-seat-of-government (accessed 2026-10-17).