To suspend rules and pass S. 892 (16 stat 587, 3/3/71), to provide for a building suited to the use of the post office, the pension and revenue officers and the

On Mar 1, 1871, the House voted 127–56 (S 892). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 71–55, Democrats 53–1, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 56 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: 127
No: 56
Did not vote: 73
Date: Mar 1, 1871

By party

Republicans71 yes · 55 no · 52 didn’t vote
Democrats53 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT 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
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian 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
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted no
David Smith Bennett 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
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI 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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