To table a motion reconsidering the vote by which the drawing for seats resolution was rejected.

On Dec 2, 1867, the House voted 78–63. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 63–54, Democrats 15–8, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 62 members voted against their own party.

During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 78
No: 63
Did not vote: 92
Date: Dec 2, 1867

By party

Republicans63 yes · 54 no · 61 didn’t vote
Democrats15 yes · 8 no · 27 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
William Higby R-CA voted no
James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Charles Henry Prince R-GA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
James Mullins R-TN voted no
John Trimble R-TN voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV 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 motion reconsidering the vote by…: House Vote, Dec 2, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-103/to-table-a-motion-reconsidering-the-vote-by-which (accessed 2026-10-15).