To amend a resolution regarding the state of affairs in arkansas, by recognizing MR. Brooks as the lawful governor.

On Mar 2, 1875, the House voted 80–152. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 81–70, Democrats 0–80, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 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: 80
No: 152
Did not vote: 68
Date: Mar 2, 1875

By party

Others1 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans81 yes · 70 no · 53 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 80 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Clayton R-CA voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Granville Barrere R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Charles Abbot Stevens 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
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
Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI 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
Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
William Alexander Smith R-NC voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted no
Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted no
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler 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
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
George Gilbert Hoskins 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
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Sobieski Ross R-PA voted no
Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted no
John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
James Beverley Sener 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
Charles Grandison Williams 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend a resolution regarding the state of…: House Vote, Mar 2, 1875,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-464/to-amend-a-resolution-regarding-the-state-of-affairs (accessed 2026-10-17).