House roll call 251 · 39th Congress · Jun 8, 1866
To amend H. R. 276 (14 stat 434, 3/2/1867), a bill to establish a national bureau of education, by providing for two clerks at $1800 per year to collect facts s
On Jun 8, 1866, the House voted 53–67 (HR 276). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 43–42, Democrats 8–19, Others 3–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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
- 53
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Jun 8, 1866
By party
- Republicans43 yes · 42 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA voted no
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA voted no
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted no
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ voted yes
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted yes
- Nelson Taylor D-NY voted yes
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY voted no
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
- Daniel Morris R-NY voted no
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- 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
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth 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
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Mckee 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
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
Did not vote
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Hogan D-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- 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
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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