So the resolution was laid on the table. Mr. James C. Allen moved that the vote last taken be Joseph W. White Mr. Frederick A. Pike Thomas B. Shannon R. B. Van Valkenburgh reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The Clerk having then announced that a quorum of members was present, On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, the House proceeded, viva voce, to the election of a Speaker for the thirty-eighth Congress. The Clerk having appointed Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Dawes, Mr. Wadsworth, and Mr. Pomeroy tellers, And nominations having been made as follows, viz: By Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne.. Mr. Pendleton..... Mr. Ancona.. Mr. John B. Steele... Mr. Grider.... Mr. Radford.. Mr. Cottman. .Mr. COLFAX. Mr. Cox. Mr. DAWSON. Mr. STEBBINS. Mr. MALLORY. Mr. KING. Mr. FRANK P. BLAIR, jr. The following named members voted for SCHUYLER COLFAX, one of the representatives from the State of Indiana, viz: John B. Alley, William B. Allison, Oakes Ames, Lucien Anderson, Isaac N. Arnold, James M Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Portus Baxter, Fernando C. Beaman, James G Blaine, Jacob B. Blair, Henry T. Blow, George S. Boutwell, Sempronius H. Boyd, Augustus Brandegee, John M. Broomall, William G. Brown, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Brutus J. Clay, Amasa Cobb, Cornelius Cole, John A. J. Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Henry L. Dawes, Henry C. Deming, Nathan F. Dixon, Ignatius Donnelly, John F. Driggs, Ebenezer Dumont, Ephraim R. Eckley, Thomas D. Eliot, John F. Farnsworth, Reuben E. Fenton, Augustus Frank, James A. Garfield, Daniel W. Gooch, Josiah B. Grinnell, James T. Hale, William Higby, Samuel Hooper, Giles W. Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Calvin Mr. Yeaman having been excused from voting on the resolution, The previous question was seconded, and the main question ordered; and under the operation thereof the said resolution was agreed to. Mr. H. Winter Davis moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The credentials of the member elect from Oregon, omitted to be called by the Clerk, having been read, Mr. Garfield submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the name of John R. McBride be placed on the roll as representative from the State of Oregon. Mr. Garfield moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The credentials of the member elect from Kansas, omitted to be called by the Clerk, having been read, Mr. Pike submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, was agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the name of A. Carter Wilder, of Kansas, be placed on the roll of members of this house as representative from the State of Kansas. Mr. Pike moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The credentials of the members elect from the State of West Virginia, omitted to be called by the Clerk, having been read, Mr. Stevens submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, was agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the names of Jacob B. Blair, William G. Brown, and Kellian V. Whaley, be placed on the roll as representatives from the State of West Virginia. Mr. Stevens moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The credentials of the members elect from the State of Virginia, omitted to be called by the Clerk, having been read, Mr. Jacob B. Blair submitted the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That the names of L. M. Chandler, Joseph Segar, and B. M. Kitchen, be placed on the roll as representatives from the State of Virginia. The same having been read, Mr. Blair moved the previous question. Pending which, Mr. James C. Allen moved that the resolution be laid on the table. It was decided in the affirmative, Yeas... affirmative, Nays.... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are 100 73 Francis C. Le Blond So the resolution was laid on the table. Mr. James C. Allen moved that the vote last taken be Mr. Charles Upson Daniel W. Voorhees William B. Washburn Ezra Wheeler Chilton A. White Mr. Frederick A. Pike Thomas B. Shannon reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The Clerk having then announced that a quorum of members was present, On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, the House proceeded, viva voce, to the election of a Speaker for the thirty-eighth Congress. The Clerk having appointed Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Dawes, Mr. Wadsworth, and Mr. Pomeroy tellers, And nominations having been made as follows, viz: By Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne... Mr. Pendleton.... Mr. Ancona... Mr. John B. Steele.. Mr. Grider.. Mr. Radford. Mr. Cottman. Mr. COLFAX. Mr. Cox. .Mr. DAWSON. Mr. STEBBINS. Mr. MALLORY. Mr. KING. .Mr. FRANK P. BLAIR, jr. The following named members voted for SCHUYLER COLFAX, one of the representatives from the State of Indiana, viz: John B. Alley, William B. Allison, Oakes Ames, Lucien Anderson, Isaac N. Arnold, James M Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Portus Baxter, Fernando C. Beaman, James G Blaine, Jacob B. Blair, Henry T. Blow, George S. Boutwell, Sempronius H. Boyd, Augustus Brandegee, John M. Broomall, William G. Brown, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Brutus J. Clay, Amasa Cobb, Cornelius Cole, John A. J. Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Henry L. Dawes, Henry C. Deming, Nathan F. Dixon, Ignatius Donnelly, John F. Driggs, Ebenezer Dumont, Ephraim R. Eckley, Thomas D. Eliot, John F. Farnsworth, Reuben E. Fenton, Augustus Frank, James A. Garfield, Daniel W. Gooch, Josiah B. Grinnell, James T. Hale, William Higby, Samuel Hooper, Giles W. Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John II. Hubbard, Calvin T. Hulburd, Thomas A. Jenckes, George W. Julian, John A. Kasson, William D. Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, DeWitt C. Littlejohn, Benjamin F. Loan, John W. Longyear, Owen Lovejoy, James M. Marvin, John R. McBride, Joseph W. McClurg, Walter M. McIndoe Samuel F. Miller, James K. Moorhead, Justin S. Morrill, Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Jesse O. Norton, Charles O'Neill, Godlove S. Orth, James W. Patterson, Sidney Perham, Frederick A. Pike, Theodore M. Pomeroy, Hiram Price, William H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice Joseph H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, Robert C. Schenck, Glenni W. Scofield, Thomas B. Shannon, Ithamar C. Sloan, Green Clay Smith, Nathaniel B. Smithers, Rufus P. Spalding, John F. Starr, Thaddeus Stevens, M. Russell Thayer, Francis Thomas, Henry W. Tracy, Charles Upson, Robert B. Van Valkenburgh, Ellihu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Edwin H. Webster, Kellian V. Whaley, Thomas Williams, A. Carter Wilder, James F. Wilson, William Windom, and Frederick E. Woodbridge. The following named members voted for SAMUEL S. Cox, one of the representatives from the State of Ohio, viz: James C. Allen, William J. Allen, Augustus C. Baldwin, George Bliss, James S. Brown, James A. Cravens, John L. Dawson, John R. Eden, Joseph. K. Edgerton, Charles A. Eldridge, James E. English, William E. Finck, Henry W. Harrington, Charles M. Harris, Anson Herrick, William S. Holman, Wells A. Hutchins, William Johnson, Martin Kalbfleisch, Anthony L. Knapp, John Law, Francis C. Le Blond, Alexander Long, Daniel Marcy, James F. McDowell John F. McKinney, George Middleton, James R. Morris, William R. Morrison, Warren P. Noble, John O'Neill, George H. Pendleton, Nehemiah Perry, James C. Robinson, Andrew J. Rogers, Lewis W. Ross, William G. Steele, Lorenzo D. M. Sweat, Daniel W. Voorhees, Ezra Wheeler, Chilton A. White, and Joseph W. White. The following named members voted for JoHN L. DAWSON, one of the representatives from the State of Pennsylvania, viz: Sydenham E. Ancona, Joseph Baily, Alexander H. Coffroth, Samuel S. Cox, Charles Denison, Philip Johnson, Jesse Lazear, Archibald McAllister, William H. Miller, Samuel J. Randall, John D. Stiles, and Myer Strouse. The following named members voted for ROBERT MALLORY, one of the representatives from the State of Kentucky, viz: James Brooks, Henry Grider, Aaron Harding, Benjamin G. Harris, Austin A. King, James S. Rollins, John T. Stuart, William II. Wadsworth, Elijah Ward, and George H. Yeaman. The following named members voted for AUSTIN A. KING, one of the representatives from the State of Missouri, viz: John W. Chanler, William A. Hall, Robert Mallory, William Radford, John G. Scott, and Fernando Wood. The following named members voted for HENRY G. STEBBINS, one of the representatives from the State of New York, viz: John Ganson, John A. Griswold, Francis Kernan, Homer A. Nelson, Moses F. Odell, John V. L Pruyn, John B. Steele, and Charles H. Winfield. Mr. Thomas Cottman and Mr. A. P. Field voted for FRANCIS P. BLAIR, jr., one of the representatives from the State of Missouri. And Mr. Benjamin Wood voted for JoHN D. STILES, one of the representatives from the State of Pennsylvania. SCHUYLER COLFAX, one of the representatives from the State of Indiana, having received a majority of the whole number of votes given, was declared by the Clerk duly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for the thirty-eighth Congress. Mr. Colfax was then conducted to the chair by Mr. Cox and Mr. Dawson; and after a brief address to the House, the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, and by the act of July 2, 1862, was administerd to him by Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, one of the representatives from the State of Illinois. And thereupon the Speaker elect entered upon the duties of his office. A similar oath to that administered to himself was then administered by the Speaker to the members elect, then present, being such as had answered to their names on the call of the Clerk, except the members from the State of Louisiana, and such also as had been directed by a vote of the House to be placed on the roll, except Francis P. Blair, jr., of Missouri. The names of the persons claiming to have been elected as members from the State of Louisiana having been called, Mr. Stevens moved that their credentials be referred to the Committee of Elections, when appointed, and that the administering of the oath to them be postponed until after the report of said committee. Pending which, Mr. Stevens moved the previous question. Pending which, Mr. James C. Allen moved that the motion of Mr. Stevens be laid on the table. Pending which, Mr. Brooks moved, at 2 o'clock and 45 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. James C. Allen. And being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas.. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are- 74 101 |