House roll call 329 · 40th Congress · May 18, 1868
To table a resolution appointing a committee to investigate the motives and purposes of a letter written by several members of the house requesting a certain se
On May 18, 1868, the House voted 15–84. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–56, Democrats 0–26, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 134
- Date
- May 18, 1868
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 56 no · 107 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 26 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- 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
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss 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
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Burnie Beck 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
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover 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
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes 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
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- 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
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Other votes
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