House roll call 461 · 40th Congress · Jul 13, 1868
To suspend the rules and consider H. R. 948, a bill regulating the civil service and promoting the efficiency thereof.
On Jul 13, 1868, the House voted 68–62 (HR 948). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 52–51, Democrats 14–10, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 61 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
- 68
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 103
- Date
- Jul 13, 1868
By party
- Republicans52 yes · 51 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 10 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
- James Hinds R-AR voted no
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- John Coburn 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
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- William Mungen D-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
- James Mullins R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper 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
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- James Mullins R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen 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
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- 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
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- 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
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and consider H. R. 948…: House Vote, Jul 13, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-461/to-suspend-the-rules-and-consider-h-r-948 (accessed 2026-10-17).