To table a resolution concerning drawing for seats, clerk of this house shall at one o'clock on wednesday 16th day of december a.d. 1868, place in a box the nam

On Dec 16, 1868, the House voted 88–84. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 63–70, Democrats 24–12, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 75 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: 88
No: 84
Did not vote: 61
Date: Dec 16, 1868

By party

Republicans63 yes · 70 no · 45 didn’t vote
Democrats24 yes · 12 no · 14 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
William Higby R-CA voted yes
Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
Samuel Francis Gove R-GA voted yes
Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
Green Berry Raum R-IL voted yes
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted no
Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted no
Samuel Mckee R-KY voted yes
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
Francis Thomas R-MD voted yes
Sidney Perham R-ME voted yes
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
John Taffe R-NE voted yes
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
Demas Barnes D-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
John Augustus Griswold R-NY voted yes
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Eggleston R-OH voted yes
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
William Mungen D-OH voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted yes
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted yes
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
James Mullins R-TN voted yes
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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