To order the previous question on amendments to H. R. 1744, a bill strengthening the public credit relating to contracts for the payment of coin, said amendment

On Feb 23, 1869, the House voted 101–43 (HR 1744). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 93–21, Democrats 5–21, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 101
No: 43
Did not vote: 89
Date: Feb 23, 1869

By party

Republicans93 yes · 21 no · 64 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 21 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted yes
Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
John Robert French R-NC voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Stephen Taber D-NY voted yes
Demas Barnes D-NY voted yes
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
James Hamilton Goss R-SC voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb 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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