To reconsider the vote by which H. R. 31 was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

On Mar 11, 1867, the House voted 77–65 (HR 31). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 56–55, Democrats 18–11, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 66 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: 77
No: 65
Did not vote: 90
Date: Mar 11, 1867

By party

Republicans56 yes · 55 no · 67 didn’t vote
Democrats18 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted no
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
Albert George Burr D-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
Thomas Estes Noell D-MO voted no
Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
William Mungen D-OH voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 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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