To suspend the rules and resolve the house into committee of whole on state of union to consider S. J. RES. 16.

On Mar 21, 1867, the House voted 72–56 (SJR 16). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 47–55, Democrats 24–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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: 72
No: 56
Did not vote: 105
Date: Mar 21, 1867

By party

Republicans47 yes · 55 no · 76 didn’t vote
Democrats24 yes · 1 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted yes
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted yes
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
William Anderson Pile R-MO voted yes
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
John Taffe R-NE voted yes
John Hill R-NJ voted yes
John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted no
William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
Thomas Cornell R-NY voted yes
Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted yes
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted yes
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH voted yes
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
George Funston Miller R-PA voted yes
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA voted yes
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes

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 suspend the rules and resolve the house…: House Vote, Mar 21, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-33/to-suspend-the-rules-and-resolve-the-house-into (accessed 2026-10-17).