House roll call 307 · 40th Congress · May 7, 1868
To pass H. J. RES. 254, a resolution providing that the President send sufficient number of vessels of war to the fishing grounds in the gulf of ST lawrence for
On May 7, 1868, the House voted 92–39 (HJR 254). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 75–29, Democrats 15–10, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 39 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
- 92
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- May 7, 1868
By party
- Republicans75 yes · 29 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 10 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd 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
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker 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
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-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
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard 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
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn 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
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison 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
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon 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
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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