To agree to conference report on H. R. 207, (15 stat 34, feb. 3, 1868), the cotton tax bill.

On Jan 31, 1868, the House voted 106–43 (HR 207). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 71–40, Democrats 34–1, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 41 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: 106
No: 43
Did not vote: 83
Date: Jan 31, 1868

By party

Republicans71 yes · 40 no · 67 didn’t vote
Democrats34 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to conference report on H. R. 207…: House Vote, Jan 31, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-196/to-agree-to-conference-report-on-h-r-207 (accessed 2026-10-17).