To pass a resolution providing that the use of the hall of the House Of Representatives be granted to the american freedmans aid commission for a public meeting

On Dec 6, 1865, the House voted 99–58. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 96–21, Democrats 0–33, Others 3–4. 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: 99
No: 58
Did not vote: 42
Date: Dec 6, 1865

By party

Republicans96 yes · 21 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 33 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Augustus Brandegee 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
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted no
Ralph Hill R-IN voted no
Thomas Neel Stilwell R-IN voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
Henry Jarvis Raymond R-NY voted no
William Augustus Darling R-NY voted no
John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT 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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