To table the second part of a resolution concerning railroad land grants and subsidies, said second part discontinuing grants of public lands to corporations si

On Jan 18, 1869, the House voted 110–55. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 99–34, Democrats 9–20, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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: 110
No: 55
Did not vote: 68
Date: Jan 18, 1869

By party

Republicans99 yes · 34 no · 45 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 20 no · 21 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted yes
Nelson Tift D-GA voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY voted yes
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Stephen Taber D-NY voted yes
William Craig Fields R-NY voted no
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
William Henry Koontz R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine 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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