House roll call 561 · 40th Congress · Jan 19, 1869
To amend H. R. 1624, a bill providing for the preservation of purity of elections in the several organized territories of the United States, said amendment requ
On Jan 19, 1869, the House voted 49–116 (HR 1624). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–107, Democrats 28–8, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 49
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Jan 19, 1869
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 107 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Nelson Tift D-GA voted no
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- David Heaton R-NC voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- 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
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin 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
- John Taffe R-NE
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
How each representative voted: No
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn 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
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Robert French 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
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-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 Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Did not vote
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- 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
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-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
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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