To suspend rules and pass H.R. 3064. (p. 1678-2)

On Feb 25, 1871, the House voted 69–92 (HR 3064). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 65–54, Democrats 3–36, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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: 69
No: 92
Did not vote: 95
Date: Feb 25, 1871

By party

Republicans65 yes · 54 no · 59 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 36 no · 33 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
Joseph Dixon R-NC voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Edward Degener R-TX voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
James Clark Mcgrew 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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