To table a motion to reconsider the vote to recommit H. R. 234, a bill preventing payment of certain war claims.

On Jan 27, 1868, the House voted 75–77 (HR 234). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 74–43, Democrats 0–32, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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: 75
No: 77
Did not vote: 81
Date: Jan 27, 1868

By party

Republicans74 yes · 43 no · 61 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 32 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Higby R-CA voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Green Berry Raum R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead 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
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
Bethuel Middleton Kitchen 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 to reconsider the vote to…: House Vote, Jan 27, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-183/to-table-a-motion-to-reconsider-the-vote-to (accessed 2026-10-17).