House roll call 176 · 39th Congress · Apr 19, 1866
To amend h. 361 by increasing enlistment period in the army from three to five years. (p. 2046)
On Apr 19, 1866, the House voted 40–61 (HR 361). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–47, Democrats 12–10, Others 3–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 40
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Apr 19, 1866
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 47 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 10 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA voted yes
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John Wentworth R-IL voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- Anthony Thornton D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY voted no
- Henry Grider D-KY voted no
- Aaron Harding D-KY voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted no
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Hogan D-MO
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- William Higby R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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