To suspend rules and consider S. 469 relating to the central branch of the union pacific railroad co. And to discharge the committee on public lands from furthe

On Feb 6, 1871, the House voted 125–77 (S 469). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 89–53, Democrats 34–27, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 80 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: 125
No: 77
Did not vote: 48
Date: Feb 6, 1871

By party

Republicans89 yes · 53 no · 36 didn’t vote
Democrats34 yes · 27 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted no
Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted no
George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
John Seashoal Witcher R-WV 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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