To pass H.J. RES. 464, authorizing the President to appoint a commission on the northwestern boundary.

On Feb 20, 1871, the House voted 121–73 (HJR 464). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 79–54, Democrats 38–19, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 73 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: 121
No: 73
Did not vote: 62
Date: Feb 20, 1871

By party

Republicans79 yes · 54 no · 45 didn’t vote
Democrats38 yes · 19 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted no
Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Marion Bethune R-GA voted no
Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA voted no
Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
William Mungen D-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith 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
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Edward Degener R-TX voted no
Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
James Clark Mcgrew 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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