To pass the resolution concerning the pay of female clerks.

On Dec 16, 1868, the House voted 124–27. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 87–23, Democrats 34–2, Others 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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: 124
No: 27
Did not vote: 82
Date: Dec 16, 1868

By party

Republicans87 yes · 23 no · 68 didn’t vote
Democrats34 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI 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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