To table a resolution providing that the speaker appoint a select committee of seven to consider all bills and joint resolutions pending before any committee in

On Jul 23, 1866, the House voted 71–42. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 42–42, Democrats 23–0, Others 6–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 42 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: 71
No: 42
Did not vote: 86
Date: Jul 23, 1866

By party

Republicans42 yes · 42 no · 52 didn’t vote
Democrats23 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA voted no
William Higby R-CA voted no
John Bidwell R-CA voted no
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Sidney Tracy Holmes R-NY voted no
Roswell Hart R-NY voted no
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam 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
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Portus Baxter R-VT 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table a resolution providing that the…: House Vote, Jul 23, 1866,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/39-H-351/to-table-a-resolution-providing-that-the-speaker-appoint (accessed 2026-10-14).