To table H. J. RES. 291, a resolution giving additional compensation to certain employees in the civil service of the government at washington.

On Jun 15, 1868, the House voted 55–73 (HJR 291). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 53–50, Democrats 2–20, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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: 55
No: 73
Did not vote: 105
Date: Jun 15, 1868

By party

Republicans53 yes · 50 no · 75 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 20 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 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
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN 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
John Taffe R-NE voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
Thomas Cornell R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-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
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-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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