House roll call 513 · 40th Congress · Jul 25, 1868
To refer to the committee on military affairs S. 617, a bill reducing the military peace establishment of the United States.
On Jul 25, 1868, the House voted 64–63 (S 617). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–63, Democrats 20–0, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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
- 64
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- Jul 25, 1868
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 63 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll 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
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth 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
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- 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 Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Burt Van Horn 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
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards 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
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Israel George Lash 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
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
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