To reconsider the vote by which the amendment to H. R. 1672 was agreed to.

On Feb 26, 1869, the House voted 96–69 (HR 1672). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 89–38, Democrats 4–30, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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: 96
No: 69
Did not vote: 68
Date: Feb 26, 1869

By party

Republicans89 yes · 38 no · 51 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 30 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin White Norris R-AL voted no
Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL voted no
John Benton Callis R-AL voted no
Thomas Haughey R-AL voted no
William Higby R-CA voted no
Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted yes
Joseph Wales Clift R-GA voted no
Charles Henry Prince R-GA voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
Francis Thomas R-MD voted no
Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
George Washington Anderson R-MO voted no
John Robert French R-NC voted no
David Heaton R-NC voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
William Henry Robertson R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
William Slosson Lincoln R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT 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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