House roll call 467 · 40th Congress · Jul 14, 1868
To amend H. R. 541, (15 stat 232, 7/27/1868), a bill making appropriations for the service of the columbia institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb,
On Jul 14, 1868, the House voted 63–68 (HR 541). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 56–46, Democrats 6–20, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 63
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Jul 14, 1868
By party
- Republicans56 yes · 46 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 20 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
- John Robert French R-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Rufus Mallory R-OR 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
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Hinds R-AR
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin 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 Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- James Mullins R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-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
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- 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
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-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
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- 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
- John Trimble R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 541, (15 stat 232…: House Vote, Jul 14, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-467/to-amend-h-r-541-15-stat-232-7 (accessed 2026-10-17).