House roll call 15 · 41st Congress · Mar 12, 1869
To amend H. RES. 7, so as to eliminate the language providing that the contract payable in coin for sale of property or rendering of service of any kind as carr
On Mar 12, 1869, the House voted 87–56 (HRE 7). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 53–54, Democrats 34–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 55 members voted against their own party.
During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 87
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 113
- Date
- Mar 12, 1869
By party
- Republicans53 yes · 54 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 2 no · 36 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- David Atwood R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
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