To suspend rules and hold an evening session for consideration of accumulated business on speaker table.

On Jul 20, 1868, the House voted 76–73. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 71–43, Democrats 3–29, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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: 76
No: 73
Did not vote: 84
Date: Jul 20, 1868

By party

Republicans71 yes · 43 no · 64 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 29 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted yes
Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted no
William Lawrence 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
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
James Mullins R-TN voted no
David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb 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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