House roll call 171 · 39th Congress · Apr 18, 1866
To reconsider vote by which H. R. 278 was rejected. (p. 2026)
On Apr 18, 1866, the House voted 63–55 (HR 278). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 50–37, Democrats 7–15, Others 6–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 members voted against their own party.
During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 63
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- Apr 18, 1866
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 37 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted no
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted no
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Wentworth R-IL voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted no
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- Nelson Taylor D-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted no
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted yes
- Myer Strouse D-PA voted yes
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
Did not vote
- William Higby R-CA
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Hogan D-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Edmund Cooper O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell O-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins O-TN
- John William Leftwich O-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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