To recommit H.J. RES. 147.

On Jan 26, 1875, the House voted 109–123 (HJR 147). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 109–42, Democrats 0–77, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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: 109
No: 123
Did not vote: 72
Date: Jan 26, 1875

By party

Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans109 yes · 42 no · 53 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 77 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alexander White R-AL voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
James Crawford Freeman R-GA 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
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce 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
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
Jason Niles R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
John Daniel Lawson 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
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
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Charles Albright R-PA voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT 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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