To suspend rules and pass a resolution that saturday, feb. 4, 1871 after half past one, be assigned to the consideration of bills from the committee on territor

On Jan 30, 1871, the House voted 128–69. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 127–12, Democrats 0–53, Others 1–4. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 12 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: 128
No: 69
Did not vote: 59
Date: Jan 30, 1871

By party

Republicans127 yes · 12 no · 39 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 53 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN 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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