House roll call 215 · 40th Congress · Feb 15, 1868
To pass a substitute resolution dealing with a contested election from the second district of kentucky; smith versus brown: res: that samuel e. Smith, having re
On Feb 15, 1868, the House voted 30–102. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 33–72, Democrats 0–33, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 33 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
- 30
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- Feb 15, 1868
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 72 no · 73 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 33 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- John Covode R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth 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
- 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
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-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
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen 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
- William Henry Barnum 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
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-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
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg 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
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- 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
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
Other votes
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