To amend H.J. RES. 518 relating to panoche grand land, by stating that in the opinion of the house there is not sufficient evidence that either william mcgarrah

On Feb 20, 1871, the House voted 101–103 (HR 518). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 85–58, Democrats 15–41, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 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: 101
No: 103
Did not vote: 52
Date: Feb 20, 1871

By party

Republicans85 yes · 58 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats15 yes · 41 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted no
Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted yes
Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
John Taffe R-NE voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted no
David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted yes
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted yes
George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
William Thomas Clark R-TX voted no
Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT 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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