House roll call 522 · 40th Congress · Dec 7, 1868
To elect a doorkeeper of the House Of Representatives for the third session of the 40th Congress, buxton versus collins. Votes for buxton are coded 1, for coll
On Dec 7, 1868, the House voted 142–14. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 109–14, Democrats 31–0, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 142
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Dec 7, 1868
By party
- Republicans109 yes · 14 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted no
- John Benton Callis R-AL voted no
- Thomas Haughey R-AL voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- John Robert French R-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted no
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-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
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin 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
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine 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
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken 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
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Robert French R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Beatty R-OH
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
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