House roll call 574 · 40th Congress · Jan 30, 1869
To amend H. J. RES. 402 by providing that: "no state to make or enforce any law which shall deny or abridge to any male citizen of United States of sound mind
On Jan 30, 1869, the House voted 24–160 (HJR 402). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–134, Democrats 12–23, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 24
- No
- 160
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Jan 30, 1869
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 134 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
- Nelson Tift D-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
- David Heaton R-NC voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson 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
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
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
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- 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
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham 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
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey 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
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- 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
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-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
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
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