To table a resolution providing that the committee on rules be instructed to inquire into and report upon the expediency of providing, the amendment of rules, t

On Apr 16, 1866, the House voted 45–57. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–56, Democrats 17–0, Others 5–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 members voted against their own party.

During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 45
No: 57
Did not vote: 97
Date: Apr 16, 1866

By party

Republicans23 yes · 56 no · 57 didn’t vote
Democrats17 yes · 0 no · 27 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted yes
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted yes
Ralph Hill R-IN voted yes
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN voted yes
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted yes
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted yes
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted yes
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA 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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