To table H.J. RES. 29. (p. 126-2)

On Mar 17, 1869, the House voted 60–80 (HJR 29). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 60–33, Democrats 0–47. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 members voted against their own party.

During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 60
No: 80
Did not vote: 116
Date: Mar 17, 1869

By party

Republicans60 yes · 33 no · 85 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 47 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
Noah Davis R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 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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