To strike out the enacting words of bill H.R. 5.

On Jan 10, 1872, the House voted 77–100 (HR 5). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–94, Democrats 70–5, Others 2–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 10 members voted against their own party.

During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 77
No: 100
Did not vote: 77
Date: Jan 10, 1872

By party

Republicans5 yes · 94 no · 44 didn’t vote
Democrats70 yes · 5 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
William Mcclelland D-PA 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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