To amend H.R. 3064 by eliminating "to compensate joseph s. Wilson for the collection of the valuable scientific museum at the general land office, $10,000".

On Feb 24, 1871, the House voted 78–97 (HR 3064). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 73–50, Democrats 4–44, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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: 78
No: 97
Did not vote: 81
Date: Feb 24, 1871

By party

Republicans73 yes · 50 no · 55 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 44 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA voted yes
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
Joseph Dixon R-NC voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted yes
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted yes
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
David Atwood R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI 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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