To table H.J. RES. 29. (p. 149-3)

On Mar 18, 1869, the House voted 61–79 (HJR 29). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 61–31, Democrats 0–48. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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: 61
No: 79
Did not vote: 116
Date: Mar 18, 1869

By party

Republicans61 yes · 31 no · 86 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 48 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL 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 Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
David Heaton R-NC voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
Noah Davis R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT 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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