House roll call 385 · 39th Congress · Jul 27, 1866
To pass S. 185, a bill to preserve evidence of marriage in in the district of columbia. (p. 4283-2, 3)
On Jul 27, 1866, the House voted 36–63 (S 185). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–38, Democrats 4–19, Others 3–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 33 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
- 36
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 100
- Date
- Jul 27, 1866
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 38 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 19 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Morris R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Roswell Hart R-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH voted yes
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- John William Leftwich O-TN
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- George Robert Latham O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Anthony Thornton D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Hogan D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- 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
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear 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
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers 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 Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear 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
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Edmund Cooper O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell O-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins 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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