House roll call 317 · 40th Congress · May 12, 1868
To recommit H. J. RES. 168 to the committee on pacific railroad with instructions to report a tariff of rates change.
On May 12, 1868, the House voted 62–69 (HJR 168). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 47–55, Democrats 14–14, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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
- 62
- No
- 69
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- May 12, 1868
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 55 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 14 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted no
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- 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
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Orange Ferriss 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
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-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
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-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
- 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
- Burton Chauncey Cook 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
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn 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
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- 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
- Philadelph Van Trump D-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
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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