House roll call 279 · 40th Congress · Mar 20, 1868
To amend H. R. 818 by striking out that part appropriating $15,000 for surveying public lands in the dakota territory and inserting $20,000 in place thereof.
On Mar 20, 1868, the House voted 58–44 (HR 818). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–39, Democrats 20–5, Others 1–0. 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
- 58
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- Mar 20, 1868
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 39 no · 102 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 5 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted no
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr 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
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
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 Higby R-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- 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
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg 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
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy 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
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence 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
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Other votes
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