House roll call 494 · 40th Congress · Jul 21, 1868
To amend S. 207 by striking out the third section of bill the payment in coin under any contract especially requiring sance, provided that this shall not apply
On Jul 21, 1868, the House voted 86–49 (S 207). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 74–30, Democrats 11–17, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 49
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Jul 21, 1868
By party
- Republicans74 yes · 30 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 17 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Haughey R-AL voted no
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Hotchkiss 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
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-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
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott 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
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin 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
- 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
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- 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
- John Augustus Griswold R-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
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-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
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
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