To amend the h. Con. Res. Providing that when the two houses of Congress adjourn on monday the 21st they adjourn to meet on tuesday, june 5th 1869, by eliminati

On Dec 10, 1868, the House voted 76–91. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 73–56, Democrats 2–32, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 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: 91
Did not vote: 66
Date: Dec 10, 1868

By party

Republicans73 yes · 56 no · 49 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 32 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted no
John Benton Callis R-AL voted no
Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted no
William Posey Edwards R-GA voted no
Samuel Francis Gove R-GA voted no
Charles Henry Prince R-GA voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
Sidney Perham 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
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
George Funston Miller 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
Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
John Trimble R-TN voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 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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