To suspend the rules and consider the resolution relating to american citizens in british prisons.

On Feb 3, 1868, the House voted 97–30. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 64–30, Democrats 32–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 30 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: 97
No: 30
Did not vote: 106
Date: Feb 3, 1868

By party

Republicans64 yes · 30 no · 84 didn’t vote
Democrats32 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
John Covode 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
James Mullins R-TN voted no
John Trimble R-TN voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 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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