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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES (ELECTORAL COMMISSION). 



void the certificates of Stearns, Governor, as 



as well as that of the State canvassers, upon which 

 certificate of the said Governor the said commission 

 has acted, and by means of which the true electoral 

 votes of Florida have been rejected and false ones 

 substituted in their stead. 



8. For that to count the votes of Charles H. 

 Pearce, Frederick C. Humphries, William H. Hoi- 

 den, and Thomas W. Long, as electors for President 

 and Vice-President, would be a violation of the Con- 

 stitution of the United States. 



CHARLES W. JONES, Florida, 



HENRY COOPER, Tennessee, 



FRANCIS KERN AN, New York, 



ELI SAULSB DRY, Delaware, 



J. E. McDONALD, Indiana, 



W. H. BARNUM, Connecticut, 



On the part of the Senate. 



J. PROCTOR KNOTT, 



DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, New York, 



W. S. HOLMAN, Indiana, 



J. R. TUCKER, 



CHARLES P. THOMPSON, 

 ' G. A. JENKS, Pennsylvania, 



J. J. FINLEY. 



MILTON SAYLER, 



E. JNO. ELLIS. 



W. R. MORRISON, 



ABRAM S. HEWITT, 



WILLIAM M. SPRINGER, 



On the part of the House. 



The Presiding Officer: "Are there further 

 objections to the decision? (A pause.) If 

 there be none, the Senate will retire to its 

 Chamber, that the Houses respectively may 

 consider and determine the objection." 



The Senate then withdrew. 



In the Senate the objection thus submitted 

 was read and considered. 



Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, offered the following 

 resolution : 



Resolved, That the decision of the commission 

 upon the electoral vote of the State of Florida stand 

 as the judgment of the Senate, the objections made 

 thereto to the contrary notwithstanding. 



The President pro tempore: "The question 

 is on agreeing to tliis resolution." 



Mr. Whyte called for the yeas and nays, and 

 they were ordered ; and, being taken, resulted 

 yeas 44, nays 25 as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Alcorn, Allison, Anthony, Blaine, 

 Booth, Boutwell, Bruce, Burnside, Cameron of 

 Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chaffee, 

 Christiancy, Clayton, Conkling, Conover, Cragin, 

 Dawes, Dorsey, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Hamilton, 

 Hamlin, Harvey, Hitchcock, Howe, Ingalls, Logan, 

 McMillan, Mitchell, Morrill, Morton, Oglesby, Pad- 

 dock, Patterson, Robertaon, Sargent, Sharon, Sher- 

 man, Spencer, Teller, Wadleigh, West, Windom. 

 and Wright 44. 



NATS Messrs. Bailey, Barnum, Bayard, Bogy, 

 Cockrell, Cooper Davis, Eaton. Goldthwaite, Here- 

 ford, Johnston, Jones of Florida, Kernan, McCree- 

 ry, McDonald, Maxey, Merrimon, Norwood, Ran- 

 dolph, Ransom, Saulsbury, Stevenson, Wallace, 

 Whyte, and Withers 25. 



ABSENT Messrs. Dennis, Edmunds, Gordon, 

 Jones of Nevada, Kelly, and Thunuan 6. 



So the resolution was agreed to. 



Mr. Sargent : " I-move that the House of 

 Representatives be notified that the Senate 

 has come to a determination of the matter 

 submitted, and is ready to meet with the 

 House in joint convention." 



The motion was agreed to. 

 The President pro tempore : " The Secretary 

 will execute the order of the Senate." 



The House, soon after the retirement of the 

 Senate, took a recess until February 12th, when 

 the following resolution was offered by Mr. 

 Field, of New York : 



Ordered, That the counting of the electoral vote 

 from the State of Florida shall not proceed in con- 

 formity with the decision of the Electoral Commis- 

 sion, but that the votes of Wilkinson Call, James 

 E. Yonge, Robert B. Hilton, and Robert Bullock, be 

 counted as the votes from the State of Florida for 

 President and Vice-President of the United States. 



It was adopted by the following vote: 



YEAS Messrs. Abbott, Ainsworth, Anderson, 

 Ashe. Atkins, Bagby, John H. Bagley, Jr., Banning, 

 Bell, Blackburn, Bland, Bliss, Blount, Boone, Brad- 

 ford, Bright, John Young Brown, Samuel D. Bur- 

 chard, Cabell, John H. Caldwell, William P. Cald- 

 well, Campbell, Candler, Carr, Cate, Caulfield, Cha- 

 pin, John B. Clarke of Kentucky, John B. Clark, Jr., 

 of Missouri, Clymer, Cochrane, Collins, Cook, Cow- 

 an, Cox, Culberson, Cutler, Davis, De Bolt, Dibrell, 

 Douglas, Durham,Eden, Egbert, Ellis, Faulkner, Fel- 

 ton, Field, Finley, Forney, Franklin, Fuller, Gause, 

 Gibson, Glover, Goode^ Goodin, Gunter, Andrew H. 

 Hamilton, Robert Hamilton. Hancock, Harden be rgh, 

 Henry R. Harris, John T. Harris, Harrison, Hartridge, 

 Hartzell, Hatcher, Havmond, Henkle, Abram S. 

 Hewitt, Goldsmith W. Hewitt, Hill, Holman, Hook- 

 er, Hopkins, House, Humphreys, Hunton, Kurd, 

 Jenks, Frank Jones, Thomas L. Jones, Kehr, Knott, 

 Lamar, Franklin Landers, George M. Landers, Le 

 Moyne, Levy, Lewis, Luttrell, Lynde, Mackey, 

 Maish, McFarland, McMahon, Meade, Metcalfe, Mil- 

 liken, Mills. Money, Morgan, Morrison, Mutcbler, 

 Neal, New, O'Brien, OJell, Payne, John F. Philips, 

 Piper, Poppleton, Powell, Rea, Reagan, John Reil- 

 ly, James B. Reilly, Rice, Riddle, John Robbina, 

 William M. Robbins, Roberts, Miles Ross, Savage, 

 Sayler, Scales, Schleicher ? Sheakley, Singleton, 

 Siemens, William E. Smith, Southard, Sparks, 

 Springer, Stenger, Stevenson, Stone, Swann, Tar- 

 box, Teese, Terry, Thomas, Thompson, Throck- 

 morton, Tucker, Turney, John L. Vance, Robert B. 

 Vance, Waddell, Gilbert C. Walker, Walling, Walsh, 

 Ward, Warner, Warren, Watterson, Erastus Wells, 

 Whitthorne, Wieginton, Alpheus S. Williams, Jere 

 N. Williams, Willis, Wilshire, Benjamin Wilson, 

 Fernando Wood, Yeates, and Young 168. 



NAYS Messrs. Adams, George A. Bagley, John 

 H. Baker, William H. Baker, Ballou, Banks, Bel- 

 ford, Blair, Bradley, William R. Brown, Horatio C. 

 Burchard, Burleigh, Buttz, Cannon, Cason, Caswell, 

 Chittenden, Conger, Crapo, Crounse, Dantbrd, Dar- 

 rall, Davy, Denison, Dobbins, Dunnell, Eames, 

 Evans, Flye, Fort, Foster, Freeman, Frye, Garfleld, 

 Hale, Haralson, Benjamin W. Harris, Hathorn, 

 Hays, Hendee, Henderson, Hoar, Hoskins, Hubbell, 

 Hunter, Hurlbut, Hyman, Joyce, Kasson, Kelley, 

 Kimball, Lawrence, 'Leavenworth, Lynch, Magoon, 

 MacDougall, McCrary, McDill, Miller, Monroe, 

 Nash, Norton, Oliver, O'Neill, Pucker, Page, Wil- 

 liam A. Phillips, Pierce, Plaisted, Platt, Potter, 

 Pratt, Rainey, Robinson, Sobieski Ross, Rusk, 

 Sampson, Seelye, Sinnickson, Smalls, A. Herr 

 Smith, Stowell, Strait, Thornburgh, Washington 

 Townsend, Tufts, Van Vorhes, Wait, Waldron, 

 Alexander S. Wallace, John W. Wallace, G. Wiley 

 Wells, White, Whitehouse, Whitinsr, Willard, An- 

 drew Williams, Charles G. Williams, William B. 

 Williams, James Wilson, Alan Wood, Jr., Wood- 

 burn, and Woodworth 108. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Bass, Beebe, Buckner, Du- 

 rand, Hoge, King, Lane, Lapham, Lord, Phelp, 

 Purman, Schumaker, Stanton, Stephens, Martin I. 



