To table H. R. 65, a bill providing for the relief of william mcgarraham.

On May 15, 1868, the House voted 55–73 (HR 65). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 54–43, Democrats 1–30. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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: 55
No: 73
Did not vote: 105
Date: May 15, 1868

By party

Republicans54 yes · 43 no · 81 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 30 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Bethuel Middleton Kitchen 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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