To amend H. R. 541 by agreeing to 1) appointment of commissioner of charities of the district of columbia 2) appointment of secretary of interior as chairman an

On Jul 15, 1868, the House voted 63–71 (HR 541). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 56–50, Democrats 6–19, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 56 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: 71
Did not vote: 99
Date: Jul 15, 1868

By party

Republicans56 yes · 50 no · 72 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 19 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Hinds R-AR voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
William Higby R-CA voted no
Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted yes
Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead 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
Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 541 by agreeing to 1)…: House Vote, Jul 15, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-469/to-amend-h-r-541-by-agreeing-to-1 (accessed 2026-10-17).