House roll call 18 · 39th Congress · Dec 14, 1865
To pass a resolution providing that treason against the United States government is a crime that ought to be punished. (p. 40-2)
On Dec 14, 1865, the House voted 153–0. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 111–0, Democrats 35–0, Others 8–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.
During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 153
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Dec 14, 1865
By party
- Republicans111 yes · 0 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats35 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom 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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike 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
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Hogan D-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley 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
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver 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
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- George Robert Latham O-WV
Other votes
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