House roll call 541 · 40th Congress · Dec 16, 1868
To table a motion to reconsider the vote by which the resolution concerning drawing for seats was tabled.
On Dec 16, 1868, the House voted 80–93. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 56–75, Democrats 23–14, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 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
- 80
- No
- 93
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Dec 16, 1868
By party
- Republicans56 yes · 75 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted no
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
- Nelson Tift D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted no
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted no
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- William Mungen D-OH voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor 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
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott 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
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-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
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
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
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Mann D-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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