To decide whether the presidential vote of louisiana shall be counted since no valid election of electors for President and vice-President has been held in said

On Feb 10, 1869, the House voted 137–63. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 93–63, Democrats 40–0, Others 5–0. 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: 137
No: 63
Did not vote: 32
Date: Feb 10, 1869

By party

Republicans93 yes · 63 no · 22 didn’t vote
Democrats40 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL voted no
John Benton Callis R-AL voted no
Thomas Haughey R-AL voted no
Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
James Thomas Elliott R-AR voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted no
William Posey Edwards R-GA voted no
Charles Henry Prince R-GA voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted no
Michel Vidal R-LA voted no
William Jasper Blackburn R-LA voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
John Hubler Stover R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
John Robert French R-NC voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
James Mullins R-TN voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb 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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