To suspend the rules and consider a resolution providing that a committee of five members appointed by the speaker to inquire into the propriety and expediency

On Jun 15, 1868, the House voted 43–67. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 43–43, Democrats 0–22, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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: 43
No: 67
Did not vote: 123
Date: Jun 15, 1868

By party

Republicans43 yes · 43 no · 92 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 22 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
John Augustus Griswold 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
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
Columbus Delano R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham 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
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted no
Daniel Haymond Polsley 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 suspend the rules and consider a…: House Vote, Jun 15, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-404/to-suspend-the-rules-and-consider-a-resolution-providing (accessed 2026-10-15).