House roll call 686 · 40th Congress · Mar 2, 1869
To amend H. R. 2007, by striking out "for laying the foundation for the post office and sub-treasury in boston, massachusetts, $200,000."
On Mar 2, 1869, the House voted 70–80 (HR 2007). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 49–68, Democrats 19–11, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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
- 70
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Mar 2, 1869
By party
- Republicans49 yes · 68 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL voted yes
- John Benton Callis R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Haughey R-AL voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- John Hubler Stover R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted no
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted no
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur 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
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- James Mullins R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin 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
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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