To table a motion to reconsider vote by which a resolution was agreed to. The resolution provides that the house will hold session tomorrow (tuesday) evening,

On Apr 23, 1866, the House voted 61–40. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 58–20, Democrats 1–17, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 61
No: 40
Did not vote: 98
Date: Apr 23, 1866

By party

Republicans58 yes · 20 no · 58 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 17 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
John Hanson Farquhar R-IN voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ voted yes
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
James Randolph Hubbell R-OH voted no
Columbus Delano R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine 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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