To suspend rules and consider the paragraph in H.R. 3064 for the erection of a government building at quincy, ill., and plans issuing completion for $150,000; $

On Feb 27, 1871, the House voted 123–51 (HR 3064). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 94–37, Democrats 27–13, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 50 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: 123
No: 51
Did not vote: 82
Date: Feb 27, 1871

By party

Republicans94 yes · 37 no · 47 didn’t vote
Democrats27 yes · 13 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Marion Bethune R-GA voted no
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
Horatio Chapin Burchard 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
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
John Manning Jr. D-NC voted no
Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
Francis Edwin Shober D-NC 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
Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
Edward Degener R-TX voted no
Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard 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-606/to-suspend-rules-and-consider-the-paragraph-in-h (accessed 2026-10-17).