House roll call 604 · 40th Congress · Feb 12, 1869
To order the main question on H. J. RES. 451, a resolution relating to the pay of the clerk of the committee of invalid pensions.
On Feb 12, 1869, the House voted 54–75 (HJR 4). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 48–56, Democrats 5–17, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 53 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
- 54
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 104
- Date
- Feb 12, 1869
By party
- Republicans48 yes · 56 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 17 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted yes
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Haughey R-AL voted yes
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted yes
- William Posey Edwards R-GA voted yes
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted yes
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- David Heaton R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Cornell R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted yes
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted yes
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC voted yes
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- John Trimble R-TN voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd 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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks 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
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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