House roll call 539 · 40th Congress · Dec 16, 1868
To table the resolution concerning the pay of female clerks.
On Dec 16, 1868, the House voted 34–128. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–88, Democrats 1–37, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 32 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
- 34
- No
- 128
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Dec 16, 1868
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 88 no · 59 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 37 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- 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
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan 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
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- James Mullins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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