To pass H. R. 2014, a bill providing for the appointment of a committee of scientific engineers to report next session on the proper span width for railroad bri

On Mar 1, 1869, the House voted 86–58 (HR 2014). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 79–35, Democrats 5–21, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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: 86
No: 58
Did not vote: 89
Date: Mar 1, 1869

By party

Republicans79 yes · 35 no · 64 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 21 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted no
James Thomas Elliott R-AR voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
William Jasper Blackburn R-LA voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
William Mungen D-OH voted yes
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
James Mullins R-TN voted no
John Trimble R-TN voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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