House roll call 641 · 40th Congress · Feb 19, 1869
To discontinue the call of the house, motion made during consideration of H. R. 1808, a bill making appropriations for the service of the post office department
On Feb 19, 1869, the House voted 50–62. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 40–53, Democrats 9–9, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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
- 50
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 121
- Date
- Feb 19, 1869
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 53 no · 85 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 9 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Haughey R-AL voted yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- John Hubler Stover R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- John Trimble R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- John Trimble R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- William Higby R-CA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- 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
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Leonard Myers 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
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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