House roll call 310 · 39th Congress · Jul 11, 1866
To order main question on S. 357 (14 stat 221, 7/24/1866), a bill to aid in the construction of telegraph lines and secure to the government the use of same for
On Jul 11, 1866, the House voted 73–60 (S 357). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 66–31, Democrats 1–25, Others 6–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 73
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Jul 11, 1866
By party
- Republicans66 yes · 31 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 25 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 4 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted no
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ voted no
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY voted no
- William Augustus Darling R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY voted no
- Daniel Morris R-NY voted no
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
- Roswell Hart R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- 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
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck 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
- Columbus Delano 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 Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne 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
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- John Hogan D-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin 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
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- George Robert Latham O-WV
Did not vote
- William Higby R-CA
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Wentworth R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson 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
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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