To amend a resolution stating that alexander h. Coffroth has the prima facie right to the vacant seat from the 16th congressional district of the state of pa. A

On Feb 19, 1866, the House voted 58–83. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 55–47, Democrats 0–29, Others 3–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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: 58
No: 83
Did not vote: 58
Date: Feb 19, 1866

By party

Republicans55 yes · 47 no · 34 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 29 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Campbell Mcruer R-CA voted no
Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted no
John Henry Hubbard R-CT voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted no
Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL voted no
John Hanson Farquhar R-IN voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Joseph Hutton Defrees R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
Thomas Estes Noell R-MO voted no
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
Gilman Marston R-NH voted no
Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
Daniel Morris R-NY voted no
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Columbus Delano R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Portus Baxter R-VT voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Walter Duncan Mcindoe 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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