Debates in the House of Representatives on the Fifteenth Amendment, 1869

February 23, 1869

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1: House, February 23, 1869, ¶ 1 (House1869.Feb23.1)

Mr. BOUTWELL. I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker s table the message of the Senate requesting a committee of ■conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the proposed amendment to the •Constitution.

3: House, February 23, 1869, ¶ 3 (House1869.Feb23.3)

Mr. BOUTWELL. I move to suspend the rules for the purpose of taking it up and rec ip Toeating the request of the Senate.

4: House, February 23, 1869, ¶ 4 (House1869.Feb23.4)

Mr. BROOKS. I demand the yeas and -nays.

6: House, February 23, 1869, ¶ 6 (House1869.Feb23.6)

The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative—yeas 117, nays 37, not voting ■68; as follows:

7: House, February 23, 1869, ¶ 7 (House1869.Feb23.7)

YEAS— Messrs. Allison, Ames, Arooll, Dolos R. Ashley. James M. Ashley. Baker, Beaman, Beatty. •Benjamin. Benton, Blair, Boutwell, Bowen, Boyden, BromwelJ. liioomitll. Buckland, Buckley, Roderick Butler, C illis Cobb, Cook. Corley, Cornell, Cal- -lom, Dawes, Delano, Dickey, Dockery, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs. Eckley, Edward?, Thomas 1). Eliot, -James X. Elliott, Farnsworth, i Ferriss, Ferry, Fields, j French, Goss Gove, Gravely Griswold, Halsey Hamilton, Uaaghoy, Heaton, Higby, Hopkins, Chester D. Hubbard, ilulburd, Hunter, lugersoll, Jenekes, Alexander H Jones Judd, Julian. Kellogg. Kitchen, JCoontz. Laflin, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrenoc, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch. Marvin, McKee, Mercur, Miller, Moore. Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, Ivcwcymb, Nnrris. O Neill Paine, Perham, Pettis. Plants, Poland, Price, Prince, Raum, Roots, Sawyer, Seofii ld Shanks. Shellabarger, Smith, Spalding, h stevens, Stokes, Stover, Taffe, Taylor, Thomas, John Trimble, Trowbridge, Twichell, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Rob rt T. Van liorn. Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn. Henry D Washburn William B. Washburn, Wcliicr, Whittemore. Thomas Williams, William Williams, James F. Wilson, and W indnni—U7

8: House, February 23, 1869, ¶ 8 (House1869.Feb23.8)

NAYS—Messrs. Archer, Axtell, Barnes, Barnum, Beek, Brook?, Burr, Cary, Chanler, Eldridge, Fox, Oetz. Golladay, Grover, Haight, Hawkins, Uoltnan, Hotchkiss, Richard I>. Hubbard, Humphrey, Johnson, Thomas h. Jones, Kerr, Knott, Mallory, Marshall, McCormick, Mungen, Niblack, Nicholson, Pru rn Robinson, Ross, Stone, Tuber, Van Trump, aud Young—37.

9: House, February 23, 1869, ¶ 9 (House1869.Feb23.9)

NOT VOTING—Messrs. Adams, Anderson Bailey Baldwin, Banks, Bingham, Blackburn, Blaine. Bolt s Buyer, Benjamin F. Butler, Cake, Churchill, Reader W. Clarke. Sidney Clarke, CIift. Coburn. Covode, Dcweese, Dixuit, Eirgleston, Ela, Ga field Glossferetmer. Harding, Hill, Hooper, Asahel W. Hubbard, Kelley, Kelscy, Ketch am. Lash, Lincoln, Loan. Maynard. McCarthy, McCnllough,' Morrissey, Myers. Aowsham, Nunn, Orth, Peters, Phelps, Pierce, Pike, 1 ii Polsley Pomeroy Randall, Robertson Schenek fcelye. Sttgreaves, Starkweather, Stewart, S vpher r1 A 1 enH Trimble, Van Auken, Van Wyek, B WaehbKrne John T Wilson Stephen Jr. Wilson, \v ood, Woodbyidge, and Woodward—63. So (two thirds having voted in favor thereof) the roles were suspended, and the House reciprocated the request of the Senate for a committee of conference.

10: House, February 23, 1869, ¶ 10 (House1869.Feb23.10)

The SPEAKER appointed as conferees on the partof the House, Messrs. Boctwell, Bingeu M and Logan.

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