House roll call 297 · 40th Congress · Mar 31, 1868
To table the resolution regarding MR. Butler's address.
On Mar 31, 1868, the House voted 37–82. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–82, Democrats 25–0, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 37
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 114
- Date
- Mar 31, 1868
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 82 no · 86 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 0 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- William Moore R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants 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
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins 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
- 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
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Thomas Laurens Jones 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan 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
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-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
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes 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
- John Trimble R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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