House roll call 493 · 40th Congress · Jul 21, 1868
To amend S. 207 by calling for the exemption of tax, both United States and state, municipal or local authority.
On Jul 21, 1868, the House voted 86–62 (S 207). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 85–30, Democrats 1–29, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 86
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- Jul 21, 1868
By party
- Republicans85 yes · 30 no · 63 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 29 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted no
- James Hinds R-AR voted no
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- William Henry Robertson R-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
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-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
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
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