House roll call 661 · 40th Congress · Feb 24, 1869
To amend H. R. 1744, by eliminating the second section of the bill relating to legalization and enforcement of coin contracts, according to decision of the supr
On Feb 24, 1869, the House voted 72–100 (HR 1744). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 60–75, Democrats 12–22, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 72 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
- 72
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Feb 24, 1869
By party
- Republicans60 yes · 75 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 22 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted yes
- Nelson Tift D-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted yes
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Fox D-NY voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Cornell R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook 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
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-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
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham 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
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- 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
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Trimble R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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