To suspend the rules and to discharge the committee of the whole from further consideration of h.j. R. 52, (14 stat 362, 7/5/1866), regarding expenses attending

On Feb 26, 1866, the House voted 70–48 (HJR 52). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 52–34, Democrats 13–13, Others 5–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 47 members voted against their own party.

During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 70
No: 48
Did not vote: 81
Date: Feb 26, 1866

By party

Republicans52 yes · 34 no · 50 didn’t vote
Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted no
Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
Anthony Thornton D-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Ebenezer Dumont R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY voted no
Henry Grider D-KY voted no
Aaron Harding D-KY voted no
George Sea Shanklin D-KY voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY voted no
Daniel Morris R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
William Edward Finck D-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
Charles Denison D-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI 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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