To suspend rules and consider the paragraph in H.R. 3064 for the erection of a government building on the vacant half of the custom house lot at san francisco f

On Feb 27, 1871, the House voted 121–53 (HR 3064). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 82–43, Democrats 35–10, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 53 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: 53
Did not vote: 82
Date: Feb 27, 1871

By party

Republicans82 yes · 43 no · 53 didn’t vote
Democrats35 yes · 10 no · 27 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy 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
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Albert George Burr D-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY 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
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-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
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA 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
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and consider the paragraph…: House Vote, Feb 27, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-603/to-suspend-rules-and-consider-the-paragraph-in-h (accessed 2026-10-16).