House roll call 598 · 40th Congress · Feb 9, 1869
To amend H. R. 621 by increasing the scheduled time allotted for passenger, military, and freight trains between washington d. C. And new york city from six to
On Feb 9, 1869, the House voted 104–61 (HR 621). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 96–28, Democrats 6–30, Others 2–3. 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
- 104
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Feb 9, 1869
By party
- Republicans96 yes · 28 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 30 no · 14 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
- William Jasper Blackburn 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
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA voted no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Sidney Perham 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
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston 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
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz 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
- 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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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