To amend H. R. 361 by providing that the adjutant general's department shall consist of officers now authorized by law, and shall rank as follows: one adjutant

On Apr 20, 1866, the House voted 69–39 (HR 361). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 47–35, Democrats 19–3, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 38 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: 69
No: 39
Did not vote: 91
Date: Apr 20, 1866

By party

Republicans47 yes · 35 no · 54 didn’t vote
Democrats19 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Higby R-CA voted no
Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted no
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
John Wentworth R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted no
John Hanson Farquhar R-IN voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Burwell Clark Ritter D-KY voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
Gilman Marston R-NH voted no
Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
James Randolph Hubbell R-OH voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine 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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