To pass a resolution declaring that one DR. Howard was and is now a citizen of the U.S., and that the President should therefore demand from the spanish governm

On Apr 26, 1872, the House voted 143–45. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 65–46, Democrats 78–0, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 46 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: 143
No: 45
Did not vote: 62
Date: Apr 26, 1872

By party

Republicans65 yes · 46 no · 32 didn’t vote
Democrats78 yes · 0 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Jeremiah McLain Rusk 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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