House roll call 465 · 40th Congress · Jul 14, 1868
To amend H. R. 1096, by prohibiting the purchase of foreign territory until provision for payment is made by law and restraining the President from entering int
On Jul 14, 1868, the House voted 78–80 (HR 1096). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 72–51, Democrats 6–25, Others 1–4. 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
- 78
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Jul 14, 1868
By party
- Republicans72 yes · 51 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 25 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Hinds R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- 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
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- James Mullins R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell 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
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen 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
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- 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
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-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
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- John Trimble R-TN
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
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