House roll call 714 · 40th Congress · Mar 3, 1869
To recess, motion made during consideration of instructions to committee on public buildings and grounds regarding the washington family relics resolution.
On Mar 3, 1869, the House voted 56–73. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–66, Democrats 25–4, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 56
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 104
- Date
- Mar 3, 1869
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 66 no · 82 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 4 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Mckee R-KY voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- John Robert French R-NC voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Cornell R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- William Mungen D-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- 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
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- 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
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
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