To pass a resolution fixing the day for adjournment and reassembling of Congress.

On Mar 23, 1867, the House voted 59–73. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 59–47, Democrats 0–25, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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: 59
No: 73
Did not vote: 101
Date: Mar 23, 1867

By party

Republicans59 yes · 47 no · 72 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 25 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted no
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Thomas Cornell R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass a resolution fixing the day for…: House Vote, Mar 23, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-43/to-pass-a-resolution-fixing-the-day-for-adjournment (accessed 2026-10-16).