House roll call 277 · 40th Congress · Mar 19, 1868
To amend H. R. 818, (15 stat 110, july 20/1868), a bill making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for fiscal 1869, by striking out that
On Mar 19, 1868, the House voted 45–63 (HR 818). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 38–46, Democrats 7–16, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 45 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
- 45
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 125
- Date
- Mar 19, 1868
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 46 no · 94 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 16 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted yes
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- 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
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Mullins R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-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
- 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
- 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
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- 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
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg 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
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler 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
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-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
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-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
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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