House roll call 217 · 40th Congress · Feb 17, 1868
To table a resolution providing for a board of three commissioners whose duty it shall be to regulate and fix a just tariff for freight and passengers over the
On Feb 17, 1868, the House voted 73–65. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 48–56, Democrats 22–9, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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
- 73
- No
- 65
- Did not vote
- 95
- Date
- Feb 17, 1868
By party
- Republicans48 yes · 56 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Cornell R-NY voted yes
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY voted no
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- John Trimble R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr 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
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne 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 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
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- James Mullins R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb 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
- 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
- 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
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Williams 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
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin 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
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-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 Washington Woodward 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
- John Covode 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
Other votes
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