To table a motion to reconsider the previous vote by which H. J. RES. 291 was tabled.

On Jun 18, 1868, the House voted 72–58 (HJR 291). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 70–33, Democrats 2–23, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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: 58
Did not vote: 103
Date: Jun 18, 1868

By party

Republicans70 yes · 33 no · 75 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 23 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Higby R-CA voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
John Trimble R-TN voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb 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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