House roll call 559 · 40th Congress · Jan 18, 1869
To pass the first part of a resolution concerning railroad land grants and subsidies, said first part providing that due to the present condition of national fi
On Jan 18, 1869, the House voted 89–68. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 65–60, Democrats 22–7, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 67 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
- 89
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Jan 18, 1869
By party
- Republicans65 yes · 60 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL voted no
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted no
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL voted no
- John Benton Callis R-AL voted no
- Thomas Haughey R-AL voted no
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR voted no
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted no
- Nelson Tift D-GA voted no
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA voted no
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA voted no
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
- John Hubler Stover R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted no
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted no
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC voted no
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- James Mullins R-TN voted no
- John Trimble R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-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
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-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
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley 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
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- 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 Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell 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
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Hinds R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- 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
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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