House roll call 217 · 39th Congress · May 16, 1866
To pass H. R. 589, authorizing commissioner of patents to entend the patent for an unproved method of dressing tree-nails for seven years to delia a jacobs, lat
On May 16, 1866, the House voted 88–31 (HR 589). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 64–26, Democrats 22–5, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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
- 88
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- May 16, 1866
By party
- Republicans64 yes · 26 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Bidwell R-CA voted no
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted no
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY voted no
- Aaron Harding D-KY voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Nelson Taylor D-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot 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 Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Hogan D-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin 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
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- 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
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar 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
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- 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
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- George Robert Latham O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H. R. 589, authorizing commissioner…: House Vote, May 16, 1866,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/39-H-217/to-pass-h-r-589-authorizing-commissioner-of-patents (accessed 2026-10-17).