To suspend rules and pass a resolution regarding the release of prisioners in canada.

On Apr 17, 1871, the House voted 97–60. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–59, Democrats 72–1, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 97
No: 60
Did not vote: 96
Date: Apr 17, 1871

By party

Republicans23 yes · 59 no · 61 didn’t vote
Democrats72 yes · 1 no · 33 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted yes
John Beatty R-OH voted yes
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
Robert Carlos De Large R-SC voted yes
Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
Joel Allen Barber R-WI 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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