House roll call 88 · 39th Congress · Feb 20, 1866
To excuse MR. Niblack from voting. (p. 948-1)
On Feb 20, 1866, the House voted 15–110. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–85, Democrats 6–18, Others 1–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 15
- No
- 110
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Feb 20, 1866
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 85 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Henry Grider D-KY voted yes
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted yes
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted yes
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Henry Grider D-KY
- George Sea Shanklin D-KY
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Russell Kelso O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- John Bidwell R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Wentworth R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell 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
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Hanson Farquhar R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY
- Aaron Harding D-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Lewis Thomas Jr. O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Hogan D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- William Augustus Newell R-NJ
- Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Teunis Garret Bergen D-NY
- Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Augustus Darling R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Roswell Hart R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Randolph Hubbell R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard O-WV
- George Robert Latham O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Ralph Hill R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN
- Elijah Hise D-KY
- Lovell Harrison Rousseau O-KY
- Andrew Harrison Ward D-KY
- Samuel Mckee O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Henry Taylor Blow R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Turner Mastin Marquette R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Ward Hunter D-NY
- Morgan Jones D-NY
- Nelson Taylor 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
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Abraham Andrews Barker R-PA
- Charles Vernon Culver R-PA
- 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
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
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