To table a resolution authorizing the President of the Senate and the speaker of the house to close the present session on friday, mar. 29th, at 12 midnight.

On Mar 28, 1867, the House voted 54–63. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 53–41, Democrats 1–21, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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: 54
No: 63
Did not vote: 116
Date: Mar 28, 1867

By party

Republicans53 yes · 41 no · 84 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 21 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Thomas Cornell R-NY voted no
John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
George Funston Miller 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
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table a resolution authorizing the…: House Vote, Mar 28, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-52/to-table-a-resolution-authorizing-the-president-of-the (accessed 2026-10-17).