House roll call 625 · 41st Congress · Mar 2, 1871
To suspend rules and pass S. 969, a bill to relieve certain persons therein named from the legal and political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment
On Mar 2, 1871, the House voted 103–79 (S 969). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 46–79, Democrats 54–0, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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
- 103
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Mar 2, 1871
By party
- Republicans46 yes · 79 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Democrats54 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- John Fisher R-NY voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted yes
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted yes
- Edward Degener R-TX voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Did not vote
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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