To table a resolution directing the clerk of the house to pay the publishers for certain volumes of congressional annals and debates. (p. 1098-2, 3)

On Mar 14, 1864, the House voted 57–63. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 51–9, Democrats 1–41, Others 5–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 members voted against their own party.

During the 38th Congress (1863–1864), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 57
No: 63
Did not vote: 67
Date: Mar 14, 1864

By party

Republicans51 yes · 9 no · 26 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 41 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 13 no · 10 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
John Wesley Longyear R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
William Gaston Steele D-NJ voted yes
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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