House roll call 172 · 40th Congress · Jan 16, 1868
To reconsider vote by which H. R. 208 was engrossed.
On Jan 16, 1868, the House voted 27–92 (HR 208). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–73, Democrats 7–17, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 27 members voted against their own party.
During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 114
- Date
- Jan 16, 1868
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 73 no · 85 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 17 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
- John Fox D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- James Mullins R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters 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
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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