To refer to the ways and means committee a resolution restoring an amount of legal tender notes to the currency equal to the amount retired by the secretary of

On Mar 16, 1868, the House voted 90–58. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 83–27, Democrats 5–30, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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: 90
No: 58
Did not vote: 85
Date: Mar 16, 1868

By party

Republicans83 yes · 27 no · 68 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 30 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted yes
John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted yes
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Stephen Taber D-NY voted yes
John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
Amasa Cobb 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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