House roll call 610 · 40th Congress · Feb 15, 1869
To refer to the committee H. J. RES. 448, a resolution preventing the further sales of the public lands of the United States, except as provided for in the pre-
On Feb 15, 1869, the House voted 103–70 (HJR 448). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 88–45, Democrats 14–21, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 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
- 103
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Feb 15, 1869
By party
- Republicans88 yes · 45 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted yes
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted yes
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV 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
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble 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
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Did not vote
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks 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
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
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