House roll call 464 · 40th Congress · Jul 14, 1868
To amend as in committee of the whole H. R. 1096, (15 stat 198, 7/27/1868), by assenting to the stipulations of treaty with russia on the purchase of alaska.
On Jul 14, 1868, the House voted 98–49 (HR 1096). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 89–27, Democrats 7–19, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 98
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Jul 14, 1868
By party
- Republicans89 yes · 27 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 19 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
- John Morrissey D-NY voted yes
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks 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
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- 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
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- 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
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck 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
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham 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
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-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
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey 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
- 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
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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