House roll call 660 · 40th Congress · Feb 24, 1869
To amend H. R. 1744, by eliminating the first section which provides that in order to remove any doubt as to the purpose of the government, the faith of the uni
On Feb 24, 1869, the House voted 54–130 (HR 1744). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–118, Democrats 28–9, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 54
- No
- 130
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Feb 24, 1869
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 118 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted no
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted no
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks 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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn 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
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin 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
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano 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
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Did not vote
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
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