House roll call 184 · 40th Congress · Jan 27, 1868
To reconsider the vote by which main question on H.R. 234 was orderd.
On Jan 27, 1868, the House voted 74–72 (HR 234). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–71, Democrats 32–0, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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
- 74
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 87
- Date
- Jan 27, 1868
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 71 no · 67 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- 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
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- 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
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper 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 Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley 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
- Richard Dudley Hubbard 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
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Asa Porter Grover 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
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin 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
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- 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
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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