House roll call 542 · 40th Congress · Dec 16, 1868
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of a resolution concerning drawing for seats.
On Dec 16, 1868, the House voted 59–112. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 35–94, Democrats 23–14, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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
- 59
- No
- 112
- Did not vote
- 62
- Date
- Dec 16, 1868
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 94 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
- Nelson Tift D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted no
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- William Mungen D-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Charles Upson R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb 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
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards 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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- 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 Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen 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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Mann D-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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