To amend an amendment in the nature of a substitute, for S. 60, said substitute authorizing the President to reserve from settlement and set aside for the use o

On Feb 6, 1866, the House voted 37–126 (S 60). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 37–85, Democrats 0–32, Others 0–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 37 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: 37
No: 126
Did not vote: 35
Date: Feb 6, 1866

By party

Republicans37 yes · 85 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 32 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Higby R-CA voted yes
Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted yes
Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
Ebenezer Dumont R-IN voted yes
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
William Windom R-MN voted yes
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted yes
Demas Hubbard Jr. R-NY voted yes
Daniel Morris R-NY voted yes
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted yes
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI voted yes
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI 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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