To order the previous question on a motion that the resolution concerning the pay to the arkansas representatives be referred to the committee on reconstruction

On Jan 25, 1869, the House voted 107–63. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 99–40, Democrats 7–21, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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: 107
No: 63
Did not vote: 63
Date: Jan 25, 1869

By party

Republicans99 yes · 40 no · 39 didn’t vote
Democrats7 yes · 21 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted yes
John Anthony Nicholson D-DE voted yes
Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding 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
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Luke Potter Poland 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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