To amend a resolution regarding the louisiana contested election, by stating that neither MR. Lowrence nor MR sypher is entitled to a seat in the 43rd Congress.

On Mar 3, 1875, the House voted 87–143. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 87–62, Democrats 0–76, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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: 87
No: 143
Did not vote: 74
Date: Mar 3, 1875

By party

Others0 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans87 yes · 62 no · 55 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 76 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
William Henry Ray R-IL voted no
John Mcnulta R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
George Luke Smith R-LA voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA voted no
William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
George Willard R-MI voted no
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted no
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted no
Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC voted no
Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC voted no
William Crutchfield R-TN voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI 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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