To amend H.R. 796, by providing for equal use of public facilities by all races.

On Feb 4, 1875, the House voted 113–148 (HR 796). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 114–61, Democrats 0–85, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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: 113
No: 148
Did not vote: 39
Date: Feb 4, 1875

By party

Others0 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans114 yes · 61 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 85 no · 9 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Alexander White R-AL voted no
Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted no
Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
James Rush Lofland R-DE voted no
Andrew Sloan R-GA voted no
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Franklin Corwin R-IL voted no
William Henry Ray R-IL voted no
James Stewart Martin R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted no
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
Lyman Tremain R-NY voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted no
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted no
William Sutton Moore R-PA voted no
Charles Albright R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Lemuel Todd R-PA voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN voted no
William Crutchfield R-TN voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
Barbour Lewis R-TN voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI voted no
John Marshall Hagans R-WV 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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