To agree to the conference report on H. R. 1096, thereby appropriating $7,200,000 to carry out treaty with russia relative to the purchase of alaska.

On Jul 23, 1868, the House voted 91–48 (HR 1096). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 69–46, Democrats 18–2, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 48 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: 91
No: 48
Did not vote: 94
Date: Jul 23, 1868

By party

Republicans69 yes · 46 no · 63 didn’t vote
Democrats18 yes · 2 no · 30 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Haughey R-AL voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss 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
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
Columbus Delano R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
James Mullins R-TN voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine 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 the conference report on H. R…: House Vote, Jul 23, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-506/to-agree-to-the-conference-report-on-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).