House roll call 318 · 40th Congress · May 12, 1868
To amend H. J. RES. 168 by eliminating the provision that it shall not become effective until a continuous line of railroad is completed from omaha to sacrement
On May 12, 1868, the House voted 75–48 (HJR 168). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 55–41, Democrats 19–7, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 48 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
- 75
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 110
- Date
- May 12, 1868
By party
- Republicans55 yes · 41 no · 82 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 7 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook 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
- 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
- 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
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- 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
- William Windom R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
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
- 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
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble 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
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell 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
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- 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 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
- 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy 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
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-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
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. J. RES. 168 by eliminating the…: House Vote, May 12, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-318/to-amend-h-j-res-168-by-eliminating-the (accessed 2026-10-17).