To order the previous question on a resolution paying all females in the employment of the government equal pay where they perform like service with males.

On Dec 16, 1868, the House voted 131–28. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 91–26, Democrats 37–0, Others 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 26 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: 131
No: 28
Did not vote: 74
Date: Dec 16, 1868

By party

Republicans91 yes · 26 no · 61 didn’t vote
Democrats37 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA 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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Capitol Receipts, “To order the previous question on a…: House Vote, Dec 16, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-538/to-order-the-previous-question-on-a-resolution-paying (accessed 2026-10-15).