House roll call 287 · 40th Congress · Mar 26, 1868
To refer H. J. RES. 168 to the committee of pacific railroad.
On Mar 26, 1868, the House voted 83–49 (HJR 168). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 65–35, Democrats 16–14, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 49 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
- 83
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 101
- Date
- Mar 26, 1868
By party
- Republicans65 yes · 35 no · 78 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 14 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted no
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted no
- John Fox D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- James Mullins R-TN voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- 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
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-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
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Trimble R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Loughridge 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
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Jehu Baker 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
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard 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
- 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
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover 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 Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield 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
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
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