To suspend rules and pass a house joint resolution to extend to the citizens of mississippi the privileges conferred by the act to limit the jurisdiction of the

On Jan 23, 1871, the House voted 124–66. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 67–66, Democrats 53–0, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 66 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: 124
No: 66
Did not vote: 66
Date: Jan 23, 1871

By party

Republicans67 yes · 66 no · 45 didn’t vote
Democrats53 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom 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
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO 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
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
David Atwood R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and pass a house joint…: House Vote, Jan 23, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-526/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-a-house-joint-resolution (accessed 2026-10-15).