House roll call 206 · 39th Congress · May 8, 1866
To postpone the special order of H. J. RES. 127, a resolution proposing an amendment to United States constitution. (p. 2458)
On May 8, 1866, the House voted 51–82 (HJR 127). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–78, Democrats 27–0, Others 4–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 51
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- May 8, 1866
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 78 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- James Humphrey R-NY voted yes
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY voted yes
- William Augustus Darling R-NY voted yes
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted yes
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- 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
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-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
- 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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hogan D-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson 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
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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