To adopt a conference report on H.R. 320, (17 stat 13, 4-25-71), a bill enforcing the 14th amendment.

On Apr 19, 1871, the House voted 74–106 (HR 320). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 75–32, Democrats 0–88, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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: 74
No: 106
Did not vote: 56
Date: Apr 19, 1871

By party

Republicans75 yes · 32 no · 36 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 88 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT 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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Capitol Receipts, “To adopt a conference report on H.R. 320…: House Vote, Apr 19, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-84/to-adopt-a-conference-report-on-h-r-320 (accessed 2026-10-17).