To amend a motion to refer H.R. 496 to the committee on ways and means by providing that it be referred to the committee on banking and currency. H.R. 496 is a

On Dec 11, 1869, the House voted 99–57 (HR 496). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 85–34, Democrats 14–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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: 99
No: 57
Did not vote: 100
Date: Dec 11, 1869

By party

Republicans85 yes · 34 no · 59 didn’t vote
Democrats14 yes · 23 no · 35 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Smyth R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted yes
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted yes
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
William Mungen D-OH voted yes
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH voted yes
George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
John Roberts Reading D-PA voted yes
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer 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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