House roll call 548 · 40th Congress · Jan 8, 1869
To pass H. J. RES. 211, a resolution relating to relief of henry s. Gibbons, late postmaster of ST. John's michigan, which joint resolution authorizes and requi
On Jan 8, 1869, the House voted 77–55 (HJR 211). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 52–47, Democrats 24–7, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 54 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
- 77
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 101
- Date
- Jan 8, 1869
By party
- Republicans52 yes · 47 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 7 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted no
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted no
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD voted no
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
- John Hubler Stover R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- David Heaton R-NC voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- Columbus Delano R-OH voted no
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted no
- James Mullins R-TN voted no
- John Trimble R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss 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
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters 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 Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- William Moore R-NJ
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine 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
- 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
- John Robert French R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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