House roll call 431 · 40th Congress · Jun 29, 1868
To pass H. J. RES. 316, (15 stat 255, 7/1/1868), a resolution extending the time for the completion of the northern pacific railroad.
On Jun 29, 1868, the House voted 96–33 (HJR 316). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 79–24, Democrats 17–7, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 96
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 104
- Date
- Jun 29, 1868
By party
- Republicans79 yes · 24 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 7 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Columbus Delano R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- 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
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine 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
How each representative voted: No
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Amasa Cobb 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
- James Thomas Elliott 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
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-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
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- 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
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- John Trimble R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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