To refer to joint committee on reconstruction, H. R. 543, a bill to restore the states lately in insurrection their full political rights. (p. 813-1, 817)

On Jan 28, 1867, the House voted 88–65 (HR 543). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 49–61, Democrats 30–1, Others 9–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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: 88
No: 65
Did not vote: 46
Date: Jan 28, 1867

By party

Republicans49 yes · 61 no · 26 didn’t vote
Democrats30 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted yes
Samuel Larkin Warner R-CT voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted yes
Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL voted yes
Ralph Hill R-IN voted yes
John Hanson Farquhar R-IN voted yes
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN voted yes
Aaron Harding D-KY voted no
Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
John Hovey Rice R-ME voted yes
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
Thomas Estes Noell R-MO voted yes
James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY voted yes
William Earle Dodge R-NY voted yes
William Augustus Darling R-NY voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted yes
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted yes
Columbus Delano R-OH voted yes
Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT 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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Capitol Receipts, “To refer to joint committee on…: House Vote, Jan 28, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/39-H-488/to-refer-to-joint-committee-on-reconstruction-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).