To pass the resolution concerning the taxation of interest on bonds.

On Jun 29, 1868, the House voted 92–54. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 58–53, Democrats 31–1, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 92
No: 54
Did not vote: 87
Date: Jun 29, 1868

By party

Republicans58 yes · 53 no · 67 didn’t vote
Democrats31 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Higby R-CA voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Columbus Delano R-OH voted no
Tobias Avery Plants 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
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
George Funston Miller R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer 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 pass the resolution concerning the…: House Vote, Jun 29, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-434/to-pass-the-resolution-concerning-the-taxation-of-interest (accessed 2026-10-17).