To amend the Senate amendment on the adjournment of Congress by making the day of adjournment friday 31st instead of monday 27th.

On Jul 23, 1868, the House voted 66–92. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 66–57, Democrats 0–32, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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: 66
No: 92
Did not vote: 75
Date: Jul 23, 1868

By party

Republicans66 yes · 57 no · 55 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 32 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Samuel Mckee R-KY voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Columbus Delano R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Chester Dorman Hubbard 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 amend the Senate amendment on the…: House Vote, Jul 23, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-502/to-amend-the-senate-amendment-on-the-adjournment-of (accessed 2026-10-17).