House roll call 546 · 40th Congress · Jan 7, 1869
To table H. R. 1497, a bill reorganizing and increasing the efficiency of the medical department of the navy.
On Jan 7, 1869, the House voted 93–53 (HR 1497). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 78–38, Democrats 14–13, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 51 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
- 93
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 87
- Date
- Jan 7, 1869
By party
- Republicans78 yes · 38 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 13 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted no
- John Benton Callis R-AL voted no
- Thomas Haughey R-AL voted no
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted no
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted no
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA voted no
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- John Robert French R-NC voted no
- David Heaton R-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger 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
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- 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
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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