House roll call 612 · 40th Congress · Feb 15, 1869
To allow MR. Brooks to proceed in order in his plea to have discharged from the custody of the sergeant-at-arms of the house the recusant witness from the new y
On Feb 15, 1869, the House voted 43–97. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–94, Democrats 32–1, Others 2–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 10 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
- 43
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 93
- Date
- Feb 15, 1869
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 94 no · 75 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- William Higby R-CA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- 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
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams 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
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Other votes
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