House roll call 544 · 40th Congress · Jan 5, 1869
To order the main question on the amendment to H. R. 1491, a bill fixing the amount found to be due to the state of iowa on account of certain claims against TH
On Jan 5, 1869, the House voted 100–24 (HR 1491). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 95–1, Democrats 3–22, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 100
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 109
- Date
- Jan 5, 1869
By party
- Republicans95 yes · 1 no · 82 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 22 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Francis William Kellogg 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
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Henry Prince R-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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson 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
- George Washington Anderson 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
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- 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
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- 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
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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