House roll call 76 · 41st Congress · Apr 9, 1869
To recess, motion made during debate on S. 236 (16 stat 46), a bill providing an extension on the time for the little rock and fort smith railroad company to co
On Apr 9, 1869, the House voted 66–75. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 33–71, Democrats 33–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 66
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 115
- Date
- Apr 9, 1869
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 71 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 4 no · 35 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- 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
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner 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
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith 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
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
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
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong 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
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis 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
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer 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
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins 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
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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