House roll call 555 · 40th Congress · Jan 15, 1869
To table H. R. 1563, a bill corporating the university for the blind in the district of columbia.
On Jan 15, 1869, the House voted 81–63 (HR 1563). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 52–57, Democrats 28–5, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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
- 81
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 89
- Date
- Jan 15, 1869
By party
- Republicans52 yes · 57 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD voted no
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- John Hubler Stover R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted no
- Thomas Cornell R-NY voted yes
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
- Columbus Delano R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine 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
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-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
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- James Mullins R-TN
- 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
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- 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
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- 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
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- John Trimble R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- 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
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