To suspend rules and consider H.R. 3621, a bill abolishing the western district of arkansas.

On Mar 2, 1875, the House voted 85–132 (HR 3621). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–131, Democrats 71–0, Others 1–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 13 members voted against their own party.

During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 85
No: 132
Did not vote: 87
Date: Mar 2, 1875

By party

Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans13 yes · 131 no · 60 didn’t vote
Democrats71 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
James Wilson R-IA voted yes
William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted yes
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted yes
Charles St. John R-NY voted yes
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted yes
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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