House roll call 534 · 40th Congress · Dec 14, 1868
To suspend the rules and pass a resolution discharging the committee of the whole from further consideration of house bill 1202, a bill providing for the constr
On Dec 14, 1868, the House voted 109–41. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 97–21, Democrats 10–19, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 109
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Dec 14, 1868
By party
- Republicans97 yes · 21 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 19 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
- William Posey Edwards R-GA voted no
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth 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
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Andrew Peters 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
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
Did not vote
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- Thomas Haughey 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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Trimble R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
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