To pass the resolution making the pay of the clerks of the house committees equal to six dollars per diem, provided it be ascertained and assessed by the commit

On Mar 3, 1869, the House voted 83–54. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 69–36, Democrats 11–17, Others 3–1. 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: 83
No: 54
Did not vote: 96
Date: Mar 3, 1869

By party

Republicans69 yes · 36 no · 73 didn’t vote
Democrats11 yes · 17 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT voted yes
Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
Asa Porter Grover D-KY voted yes
George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Charles Upson R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
William Anderson Pile R-MO voted no
Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted yes
John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
Thomas Cornell R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Rufus Mallory R-OR voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
Bethuel Middleton Kitchen 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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