House roll call 185 · 40th Congress · Jan 27, 1868
To order the main question on passage of H. R. 234.
On Jan 27, 1868, the House voted 73–67 (HR 234). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 72–31, Democrats 0–34, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 73
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 93
- Date
- Jan 27, 1868
By party
- Republicans72 yes · 31 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 34 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- James Mullins R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hiram Price 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
- Sidney Perham 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
- William Windom R-MN
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell 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
- William Slosson Lincoln 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
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-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
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- 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
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-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
- Stephen Fowler Wilson 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
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-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
- 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- 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
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes 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 Andrew Peters R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- 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
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- 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
- 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
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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