To suspend rules and consider the paragraph in H.R. 3064 for the erection of a government building at trenton, n.j., cost limited to $100,000 exclusive of site

On Feb 27, 1871, the House voted 142–52 (HR 3064). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–49, Democrats 55–3, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 52 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: 142
No: 52
Did not vote: 62
Date: Feb 27, 1871

By party

Republicans84 yes · 49 no · 45 didn’t vote
Democrats55 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis 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
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
John Black Packer 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
Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and consider the paragraph…: House Vote, Feb 27, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-602/to-suspend-rules-and-consider-the-paragraph-in-h (accessed 2026-10-17).