House roll call 683 · 40th Congress · Mar 1, 1869
To pass a resolution authorizing the clerk, to pay $2,500 each to simon jones, j. Willis menard, and caleb s. Hunt for expenses incurred in contesting right to
On Mar 1, 1869, the House voted 89–66. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 82–35, Democrats 3–30, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 89
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Mar 1, 1869
By party
- Republicans82 yes · 35 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 30 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Thomas Cornell R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham 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
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr 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
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs 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
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
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