To suspend the rules and adopt a resolution to extend the sympathy of the U.S. To the people of cuba toward a republican form of government and the house to GI

On Apr 9, 1869, the House voted 99–25. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 90–11, Democrats 9–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 99
No: 25
Did not vote: 132
Date: Apr 9, 1869

By party

Republicans90 yes · 11 no · 77 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 14 no · 49 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
James Brooks D-NY voted yes
Noah Davis R-NY voted no
Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted yes
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine 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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