To suspend the rules and pass a resolution providing that, when 2/3 of the states have ratified it, naturalized citizens are eligible for the presidential and v

On Jan 8, 1872, the House voted 81–65. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–63, Democrats 58–2, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 members voted against their own party.

During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 81
No: 65
Did not vote: 108
Date: Jan 8, 1872

By party

Republicans21 yes · 63 no · 59 didn’t vote
Democrats58 yes · 2 no · 46 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
John Ritchie D-MD voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
Milo Goodrich R-NY voted yes
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
John Beatty R-OH voted yes
Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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