House roll call 624 · 40th Congress · Feb 17, 1869
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of a resolution relating to payment to northwest fur company for furnishing certain articles to the men who defende
On Feb 17, 1869, the House voted 37–96. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–88, Democrats 24–5, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 37
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 100
- Date
- Feb 17, 1869
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 88 no · 78 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 5 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Haughey R-AL voted yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- William Posey Edwards R-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack 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
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin 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
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- 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
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
Other votes
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