House roll call 400 · 39th Congress · Dec 12, 1866
To amend H. R. 664 by eliminating that part of an amendment providing that heads of departments of government shall appoint assistants and all subordinate offic
On Dec 12, 1866, the House voted 77–78 (HR 664). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 41–70, Democrats 27–3, Others 9–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 77
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Dec 12, 1866
By party
- Republicans41 yes · 70 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN voted yes
- Aaron Harding D-KY voted no
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY voted yes
- William Earle Dodge R-NY voted yes
- William Augustus Darling R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY voted no
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Roswell Hart R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH voted yes
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted yes
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted yes
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll 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
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hogan D-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Nelson Taylor D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- William Earle Dodge R-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Edmund Cooper O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- George Robert Latham O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- 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
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs 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
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Edwin Nelson Hubbell D-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz 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
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell O-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins O-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Did not vote
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Henry Grider D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John William Leftwich O-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Other votes
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