House roll call 389 · 40th Congress · Jun 11, 1868
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of the internal tax bill.
On Jun 11, 1868, the House voted 50–51. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–49, Democrats 20–2, Others 1–0. 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
- 50
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 132
- Date
- Jun 11, 1868
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 49 no · 100 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 2 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell 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 Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- 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
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- William Moore R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
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
- James Augustus Johnson 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 Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan 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
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward 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
- George Van Eman Lawrence 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
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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