House roll call 670 · 40th Congress · Feb 26, 1869
To amend H. R. 1672, by providing for granting employees in state, treasury, war, navy, interior, agriculture, post office departments, attorney general's offic
On Feb 26, 1869, the House voted 87–80 (HR 1672). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 55–77, Democrats 32–3, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 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
- 87
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Feb 26, 1869
By party
- Republicans55 yes · 77 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL voted yes
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted yes
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL voted yes
- John Benton Callis R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Haughey R-AL voted yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR voted yes
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted yes
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA voted yes
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- John Robert French R-NC voted yes
- David Heaton R-NC voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley 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
- Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- Manuel Simeon Corley 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
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Francis William Kellogg 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
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr 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
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin 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
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence 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
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey 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
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield 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
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Did not vote
- James Hinds R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll 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
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
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