To pass S. 594, a bill to provide a government for the district of columbia. (p. 639-3)

On Jan 20, 1871, the House voted 97–58 (S 594). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 67–46, Democrats 27–13, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 59 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: 97
No: 58
Did not vote: 99
Date: Jan 20, 1871

By party

Republicans67 yes · 46 no · 65 didn’t vote
Democrats27 yes · 13 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Marion Bethune R-GA voted no
Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
John Fox D-NY voted no
John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
David Atwood R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV 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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