House roll call 265 · 40th Congress · Mar 16, 1868
To table a resolution reassuring the friends of free government and constitutional liberty, and to put the public mind at rest in regard to charges of disloyalt
On Mar 16, 1868, the House voted 8–133. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–100, Democrats 1–30, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 8
- No
- 133
- Did not vote
- 92
- Date
- Mar 16, 1868
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 100 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 30 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hiram Price R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Taffe R-NE
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine 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
- 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
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-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
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-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
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- 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
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-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
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Laurens Jones 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover 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
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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