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

On Apr 9, 1869, the House voted 97–47 (HRE 331). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 60–46, Democrats 37–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 47 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: 47
Did not vote: 112
Date: Apr 9, 1869

By party

Republicans60 yes · 46 no · 72 didn’t vote
Democrats37 yes · 1 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA 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
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
William Moore R-NJ 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
John Charles Churchill 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
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
James January Winans R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
Horace Maynard 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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