House roll call 39 · 41st Congress · Mar 25, 1869
To refer H.R. 3 (16 stat 6, 4/5/69), a bill to repeal an act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices, and a Senate amendment thereto, to the judiciary co
On Mar 25, 1869, the House voted 94–79 (HRE 1). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 51–69, Democrats 43–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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
- 94
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Mar 25, 1869
By party
- Republicans51 yes · 69 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Democrats43 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
- William Smyth R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted no
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- David Heaton R-NC voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted yes
- Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer 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
- 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
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- George Madison Adams 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- 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
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes 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
Other votes
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