To concur in a Senate amendment to H.R. 3. (p. 284-3)

On Mar 26, 1869, the House voted 70–99 (HRE 3). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 70–50, Democrats 0–50. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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: 70
No: 99
Did not vote: 86
Date: Mar 26, 1869

By party

Republicans70 yes · 50 no · 58 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 50 no · 22 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
David Heaton R-NC voted no
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Noah Davis R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
John Seashoal Witcher 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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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in a Senate amendment to H.R. 3…: House Vote, Mar 26, 1869,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-40/to-concur-in-a-senate-amendment-to-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).