To refer S.J. RES. 11, to the committee on public lands; the joint resolution provides for the extension of the time to construct a railroad from the ST. Croix

On Apr 5, 1869, the House voted 85–41 (SJR 11). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 62–30, Democrats 23–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 41 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: 85
No: 41
Did not vote: 130
Date: Apr 5, 1869

By party

Republicans62 yes · 30 no · 86 didn’t vote
Democrats23 yes · 11 no · 38 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 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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