House roll call 682 · 40th Congress · Mar 1, 1869
To pass the resolution directing the committee on public buildings and grounds to investigate the truth and circumstance surrounding an article in the february
On Mar 1, 1869, the House voted 120–35. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 119–0, Democrats 0–35, Others 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 120
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Mar 1, 1869
By party
- Republicans119 yes · 0 no · 59 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 35 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck 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
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd 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
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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