To suspend the rules and introduce a resolution directing the continuing of the joint committee on reconstruction.

On Mar 8, 1867, the House voted 87–50. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 87–20, Democrats 0–28, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 87
No: 50
Did not vote: 96
Date: Mar 8, 1867

By party

Republicans87 yes · 20 no · 71 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 28 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard 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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