House roll call 700 · 40th Congress · Mar 3, 1869
To agree to the conference report on H. R. 1744, thereby validating payment of all United States obligations and contracts in coin.
On Mar 3, 1869, the House voted 117–59 (HR 1744). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 107–27, Democrats 9–31, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 117
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Mar 3, 1869
By party
- Republicans107 yes · 27 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 31 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted yes
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted yes
- Demas Barnes D-NY voted yes
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted yes
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley 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
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham 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
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- 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
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck 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
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-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
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell 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
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- 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
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Mann D-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
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