House roll call 552 · 40th Congress · Jan 11, 1869
To suspend the rules and consider a resolution appointing a committee of five to investigate all matters concerned with the mail carrying services of wells farg
On Jan 11, 1869, the House voted 88–55. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 82–29, Democrats 5–24, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 88
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 90
- Date
- Jan 11, 1869
By party
- Republicans82 yes · 29 no · 67 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 24 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted no
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted no
- Nelson Tift D-GA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-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
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-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
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland 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
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon 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
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer 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
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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