There was one vacancy, Mr.Stockton's seat not having yet been filled.

Among the nays were Mr.Cowan, Mr.Doolittle, Mr.Lane of Kansas, Mr.Norton and Mr.Van Winkle.
The bill went to the House and after a very brief debate came to a vote on the 9th of April--_yeas_ 122, _nays_ 41.

Speaker Colfax directed that his name should be called in order that he might have the honor of recording himself for the bill.

He then announced that having received the vote of two-thirds of each House the Civil Rights Bill had become a law, the President's objections to the contrary notwithstanding.

The announcement was received with an outburst of applause, in which the members of the House as well as the throng of spectators heartily joined--the speaker being unable to restore order for several minutes.
It recalled the scene of a little more than a year before, when the rejoicing over the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment was equally demonstrative.
To many persons of conservative mind the bill seemed too radical--to many it seemed positively rash.