House roll call 636 · 40th Congress · Feb 19, 1869
To amend H. R. 1803 by providing that until the military force is reduced to 20 regiments of infantry, five regiments of cavalry, and five regiments of artiller
On Feb 19, 1869, the House voted 111–65 (HR 1803). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 105–40, Democrats 6–24, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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
- 111
- No
- 65
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- Feb 19, 1869
By party
- Republicans105 yes · 40 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 24 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted no
- Nelson Tift D-GA voted yes
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- 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
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- John Robert French R-NC voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted no
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC voted no
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-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
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson 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
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- John Trimble R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins 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
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack 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
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble 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
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson 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
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Other votes
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