House roll call 500 · 40th Congress · Jul 23, 1868
To amend an amendment to H. R. 541 by agreeing to formation of commission with secretary of interior as chairman and clerk of his department as secretary, that
On Jul 23, 1868, the House voted 87–58 (HR 541). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 83–34, Democrats 3–24, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 87
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 88
- Date
- Jul 23, 1868
By party
- Republicans83 yes · 34 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 24 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL voted no
- Thomas Haughey R-AL voted no
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY 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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- William Henry Koontz 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
- 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
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- 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
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- 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
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke 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
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- James Mullins R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- 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
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-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
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- William Henry Koontz 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- 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
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- 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 Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-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
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-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
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
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