To amend consideration of the presidents annual message by referring to the committee on appropriations that portion re. Payment for russian possessions, under

On Dec 9, 1867, the House voted 73–82. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 65–49, Democrats 7–31, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 56 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: 73
No: 82
Did not vote: 78
Date: Dec 9, 1867

By party

Republicans65 yes · 49 no · 64 didn’t vote
Democrats7 yes · 31 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Higby R-CA voted no
Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted yes
Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted yes
Norman Buel Judd 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
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard 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
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Philetus Sawyer 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend consideration of the presidents…: House Vote, Dec 9, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-122/to-amend-consideration-of-the-presidents-annual-message-by (accessed 2026-10-17).