House roll call 298 · 40th Congress · Apr 20, 1868
To amend H. R. 768, (15 stat 223, july 27, 1868), a bill concerning rights of american citizens in foreign countries, by striking out that section of the bill g
On Apr 20, 1868, the House voted 51–59 (HR 768). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 47–47, Democrats 3–11, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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
- 51
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 123
- Date
- Apr 20, 1868
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 47 no · 84 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 11 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- James Mullins R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Horace Maynard 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
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-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
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-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
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- 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
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-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
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode 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
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 768, (15 stat 223, july 27…: House Vote, Apr 20, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-298/to-amend-h-r-768-15-stat-223-july (accessed 2026-10-17).