House roll call 278 · 40th Congress · Mar 20, 1868
To amend H. R. 818 by striking out part of section nine of the bill appropriating $15,000 for construction of a court house at des moines and inserting $89,008
On Mar 20, 1868, the House voted 67–53 (HR 818). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 54–39, Democrats 13–14, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 53
- Did not vote
- 111
- Date
- Mar 20, 1868
By party
- Republicans54 yes · 39 no · 85 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell 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
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- 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
- 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard 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
- William Higby R-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
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks 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
- 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
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn 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 Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy 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
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis 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
- Horace Maynard 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
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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