House roll call 645 · 40th Congress · Feb 20, 1869
To amend S. J. RES. 8 by eliminating the words "and hold office" thus leaving this right of a person to hold office to be determined by the state and not by con
On Feb 20, 1869, the House voted 70–95 (SJR 8). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 36–95, Democrats 31–1, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 70
- No
- 95
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Feb 20, 1869
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 95 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted yes
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Williams 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
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley 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
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-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
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen 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
- John Trimble R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland 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
Did not vote
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
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