To suspend rules, and have the house insist upon their amendments to S. 647 and agree to a conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two ho

On Feb 28, 1871, the House voted 137–59 (S 647). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 107–37, Democrats 28–23, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 60 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: 137
No: 59
Did not vote: 58
Date: Feb 28, 1871

By party

Republicans107 yes · 37 no · 34 didn’t vote
Democrats28 yes · 23 no · 21 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
Albert George Burr 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
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
James Brooks D-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-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
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor 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
Edward Degener R-TX voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer 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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