To table h.r. Res. 147, proposing a constitutional amendment. Fixing the term of the presidential office at 6 yrs. And making the pres. Ineligible for more than

On Jan 26, 1875, the House voted 98–139 (HJR 147). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 98–58, Democrats 0–77, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 members voted against their own party.

During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 98
No: 139
Did not vote: 67
Date: Jan 26, 1875

By party

Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans98 yes · 58 no · 48 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 77 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alexander White R-AL voted no
Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
Charles Clayton R-CA voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
Frank Morey R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted no
George Willard R-MI voted no
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
Josiah Williams Begole R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
Jason Niles R-MS voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted no
Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted no
Lyman Tremain R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Sobieski Ross R-PA voted no
Charles Albright R-PA voted no
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland 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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