To suspend rules in order to vote on an amendment to H. R. 601 regarding increase in pay for certain officers and personnel and limiting the total this bill to

On Feb 25, 1868, the House voted 88–49 (HR 601). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 85–18, Democrats 2–30, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 88
No: 49
Did not vote: 96
Date: Feb 25, 1868

By party

Republicans85 yes · 18 no · 75 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 30 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard 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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