To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 331, a bill to relieve certain persons named in the bill from legal and political disabilities imposed by the 14th amendment

On Apr 9, 1869, the House voted 97–57 (HRE 331). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 56–56, Democrats 41–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 57 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: 97
No: 57
Did not vote: 102
Date: Apr 9, 1869

By party

Republicans56 yes · 56 no · 66 didn’t vote
Democrats41 yes · 1 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
James Brooks D-NY voted no
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV 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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