House roll call 698 · 40th Congress · Mar 3, 1869
To pass H. J. RES. 474, a resolution authorizing the secretary of the treasury to admit free of duty a certain submarine cable.
On Mar 3, 1869, the House voted 69–62 (HJR 474). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 42–56, Democrats 25–4, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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
- 69
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Mar 3, 1869
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 56 no · 80 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 4 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 1 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
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- David Heaton R-NC voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted yes
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted yes
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC voted yes
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn 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
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-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
- 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
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-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
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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