To table the motion to reconsider rejection of amendment to H.R. 4745, which strikes the habeas corpus suspension.

On Feb 27, 1875, the House voted 133–111 (HR 4745). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 136–29, Democrats 1–82, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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: 133
No: 111
Did not vote: 52
Date: Feb 27, 1875

By party

Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans136 yes · 29 no · 39 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 82 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL 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
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
George Willard R-MI voted no
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted yes
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard 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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