To proceed to the business on the speakers table.

On Feb 1, 1869, the House voted 93–64. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 60–58, Democrats 29–5, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 63 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: 93
No: 64
Did not vote: 76
Date: Feb 1, 1869

By party

Republicans60 yes · 58 no · 60 didn’t vote
Democrats29 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Francis William Kellogg R-AL voted no
Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
James Mullins R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard 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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