House roll call 481 · 40th Congress · Jul 20, 1868
To table the committee report on H. R. 554, (15 stat 169, 7/22/1868), a bill providing for the navigational improvement of ST. Anthony falls in minnesota by mak
On Jul 20, 1868, the House voted 73–72 (HR 554). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 42–70, Democrats 29–1, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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
- 73
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 88
- Date
- Jul 20, 1868
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 70 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 1 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Michel Vidal R-LA voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Columbus Delano R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- James Mullins 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
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard 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 Thomas Elliott R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge 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
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- John Trimble R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
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