To table a resolution providing that when the house adjourn on saturday 16th, a recess be taken until monday 25th.

On May 11, 1868, the House voted 57–69. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 53–45, Democrats 4–22, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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: 57
No: 69
Did not vote: 107
Date: May 11, 1868

By party

Republicans53 yes · 45 no · 80 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 22 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted yes
Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
Martin Welker 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
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
John Trimble 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
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard 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 resolution providing that when…: House Vote, May 11, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-311/to-table-a-resolution-providing-that-when-the-house (accessed 2026-10-15).