To pass a resolution re. Drawing for seats.

On Feb 7, 1868, the House voted 86–74. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 64–56, Democrats 20–17, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 73 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: 86
No: 74
Did not vote: 73
Date: Feb 7, 1868

By party

Republicans64 yes · 56 no · 58 didn’t vote
Democrats20 yes · 17 no · 13 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook 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
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
Hiram Mccullough D-MD voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
Demas Barnes D-NY voted no
John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted no
James Brooks D-NY voted no
Thomas Cornell 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
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
James Morgan Humphrey D-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY 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
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Philadelph Van Trump D-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
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI 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 pass a resolution re. Drawing for seats.: House Vote, Feb 7, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-208/to-pass-a-resolution-re-drawing-for-seats (accessed 2026-10-15).