House roll call 617 · 40th Congress · Feb 16, 1869
To pass H. R. 1880, a bill relieving certain persons therein named from legal and political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment of the constitution
On Feb 16, 1869, the House voted 129–48 (HR 1880). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 92–47, Democrats 33–0, Others 4–1. 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
- 129
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Feb 16, 1869
By party
- Republicans92 yes · 47 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- John Trimble R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-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
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood 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
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn 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
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Craig Fields 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
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- John Morrissey D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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