House roll call 646 · 40th Congress · Feb 20, 1869
To amend S. J. RES. 8 by prohibiting the right of any state to deny citizens of the United States from holding office or voting, on account of race, color, nati
On Feb 20, 1869, the House voted 92–71 (SJR 8). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 68–64, Democrats 24–4, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 68 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
- 92
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Feb 20, 1869
By party
- Republicans68 yes · 64 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 4 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR voted no
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA voted no
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted no
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted no
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- John Robert French R-NC voted no
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy 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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
- George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC voted no
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- John Trimble R-TN voted no
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge 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
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-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
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly 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
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery 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
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-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
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-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
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Robert French R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy 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 Fenton Cary O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones 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
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Thomas Cornell 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
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
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