House roll call 586 · 40th Congress · Feb 3, 1869
To amend H. R. 1856, 2/19/1869, a bill establishing a certain post road in the state of connecticut, said amendment providing "that said bridge shall be constru
On Feb 3, 1869, the House voted 60–89 (HR 1856). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–85, Democrats 26–2, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 60
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 84
- Date
- Feb 3, 1869
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 85 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 2 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted yes
- John Benton Callis R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Haughey R-AL voted yes
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- David Heaton R-NC voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- Columbus Delano R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- William Henry Robertson 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
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers 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
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- 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
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Did not vote
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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