House roll call 267 · 40th Congress · Mar 16, 1868
To reconsider the vote by which the conference report on S. 308, (15 stat 357, mar. 19, 1868), was rejected. S. 308 concerns the claims of the heirs of the lat
On Mar 16, 1868, the House voted 67–63 (S 308). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–58, Democrats 28–5, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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
- 67
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 103
- Date
- Mar 16, 1868
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 58 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- John Trimble R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- William Moore R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams 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
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- 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
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode 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
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Other votes
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