House roll call 366 · 40th Congress · May 29, 1868
To sustain a point of order allowing MR. Brooks to continue reading of statement by MR. Wooley and his counsel relating to treatment accorded him in his interro
On May 29, 1868, the House voted 52–68. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–68, Democrats 30–0, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 52
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 113
- Date
- May 29, 1868
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 68 no · 91 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Cornell R-NY voted yes
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer 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
- 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- 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
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson 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
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber 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
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- 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
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
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