To table a resolution instructing house ways and means committee to report without delay a separate bill for the revision of taxes on distilled spirits and toba

On Jun 15, 1868, the House voted 60–79. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 58–54, Democrats 0–24, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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: 60
No: 79
Did not vote: 94
Date: Jun 15, 1868

By party

Republicans58 yes · 54 no · 66 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 24 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
James Gillespie Blaine 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
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ 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
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
David Alexander Nunn 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table a resolution instructing house ways…: House Vote, Jun 15…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-397/to-table-a-resolution-instructing-house-ways-and-means (accessed 2026-10-15).