House roll call 312 · 40th Congress · May 11, 1868
To order the previous question on a resolution providing that when the house adjourn on saturday, 16th, recess be taken until monday 25th.
On May 11, 1868, the House voted 68–67. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 48–58, Democrats 18–9, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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
- 68
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- May 11, 1868
By party
- Republicans48 yes · 58 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 9 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- 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
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted no
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- John Trimble R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- 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
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge 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
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer 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
- 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
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- 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
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- 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
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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