House roll call 551 · 40th Congress · Jan 11, 1869
To pass H. R. 1666, a bill repealing an act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices.
On Jan 11, 1869, the House voted 121–47 (HR 1666). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–47, Democrats 33–0, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 47 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
- 121
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Jan 11, 1869
By party
- Republicans84 yes · 47 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- John Robert French R-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
- Columbus Delano R-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- James Mullins R-TN voted no
- John Trimble R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted no
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-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
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian 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
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge 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
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Hill R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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