To order engrossment and third reading of H.R. 1481, a bill for the relief of john c. Connor.

On May 18, 1872, the House voted 116–31 (HR 1481). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 53–28, Democrats 62–3, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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: 116
No: 31
Did not vote: 107
Date: May 18, 1872

By party

Republicans53 yes · 28 no · 62 didn’t vote
Democrats62 yes · 3 no · 41 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA 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
Philetus Sawyer 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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