To order the main question on passage of H.J. RES. 29. (p. 126-2)

On Mar 17, 1869, the House voted 78–61 (HJR 29). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–61, Democrats 48–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 members voted against their own party.

During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 78
No: 61
Did not vote: 117
Date: Mar 17, 1869

By party

Republicans30 yes · 61 no · 87 didn’t vote
Democrats48 yes · 0 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted yes
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted yes
Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
Noah Davis R-NY voted yes
John Fisher R-NY voted yes
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes

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 order the main question on passage of…: House Vote, Mar 17, 1869,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-25/to-order-the-main-question-on-passage-of-h (accessed 2026-10-17).