To suspend rules and consider and agree to an amendment to S.J. RES. 187, said amendment providing to grant no additional lands than those heretofore granted by

On Mar 3, 1871, the House voted 101–79 (SJR 187). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 95–42, Democrats 4–37, Others 2–0. 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: 101
No: 79
Did not vote: 76
Date: Mar 3, 1871

By party

Republicans95 yes · 42 no · 41 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 37 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted yes
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth 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
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Joseph Dixon R-NC voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH 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
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
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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