Full List of 120 House Republicans Who Voted Against Removing Confederate Statues

The House of Representatives has voted to remove all statues of Confederates from inside the Capitol building. The legislation passed 285-120.

All those who voted against are Republican representatives, of which there are currently 211. As expected, dozens of Republicans did back the bill, with 67 voting in favor of it.

Every Democratic member to vote supported the legislation; two did not vote.

Statues proposed for removal include those of former Vice President John Cadlwell Calhoun, James Paul Clarke, a former governor of Arkansas, and Jefferson Davis, a former U.S. senator from Mississippi and president of the Confederate States of America.

The bill would also replace a bust of Roger Taney, the Supreme Court judge who authored the infamous Dred Scott v. Sanford ruling, which prevented Black Americans from becoming U.S. citizens, with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice.

After the vote House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Democrat, said in a statement: "Today, the House took a stand against injustice and sent a message to the American people that symbols of slavery, segregation, and sedition are not welcome in the halls of Congress."

"I am pleased to see our bill to remove hate pass in the House. Even though we cannot change our history, we can work to affirm the ideals that our country was built on: justice and equality for all," Hoyer added.

"Symbols of slavery and segregation denigrate our Capitol and have no place here. Individuals who worked to enshrine or perpetuate the bondage of African Americans, or prevent them from achieving full and equal rights, are not worthy of being honored in our country."

A number of GOP representatives condemned the move as "cancel culture" and Democrats pushing Critical Race Theory.

Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House Minority Leader, was one of the 67 from his party to vote in favor of removing the statues.

Speaking on the House floor, said he supported the bill but called the move an example of Democrats trying to replace the "racism of the past with the racism" of Critical Race Theory.

"Critical Race Theory is the governing ideology [of the entire] Biden administration. By advocating for it, Democrats continue to fuel hatred and division across the country," he said.

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A marble bust of Roger B. Taney, former Chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is on display in the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C The House of Representatives... Robert Alexander/Getty Images

Republican Matt Rosendale, for Montana, who voted against the bill said: "The South lost, and our Union is strong today, and the great victory of our constitutional government in the Civil War over slavery and secession should be celebrated.

"Unfortunately, Democrats, animated by the Critical Race Theory concepts of structural racism, microaggressions, and a United States based solely on white supremacy, have chosen to remove statues that underscore the failures of our pre-1861 Constitution. Make no mistake, those who won the West and George Washington are next."

Fellow GOP member Alabama's Mo Brooks condemned H.R. 3005 as a bill by "intolerant Socialist Democrats" seeking to seek to take down "undesirable" statues.

"Cancel culture and historical revisionism are precursors to dictatorial government and the destruction of individual liberty and freedom by elitists who claim they know more than regular citizens and, hence, should be empowered to dictate what regular citizens can and cannot think or do," Brooks said.

Full list of House Republicans who voted against removing Confederate statues

  • Robert Aderholt, Alabama
  • Rick Allen, Georgia
  • Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota
  • Brian Babin, Texas
  • Jim Baird, Indiana
  • Andy Barr, Kentucky
  • Jack Bergman, Michigan
  • Stephanie Bice, Oklahoma
  • Andy Biggs, Arizona
  • Dan Bishop, North Carolina
  • Lauren Boebert, Colorado
  • Mike Bost, Illinois
  • Kevin Brady, Texas
  • Mo Brooks, Alabama
  • Vern Buchanan, Florida
  • Ken Buck, Colorado
  • Larry Bucshon, Indiana
  • Ted Budd, North Carolina
  • Tim Burchett, Tennessee
  • Kat Cammack, Florida
  • Jerry Carl, Alabama
  • John Carter, Texas
  • Madison Cawthorn, North Carolina
  • Ben Cline, Virginia
  • Andrew Clyde, Georgia
  • Tom Cole, Oklahoma
  • James Comer, Kentucky
  • Rick Crawford, Arkansas
  • John Curtis, Utah
  • Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee
  • Bryon Donalds, Florida
  • Jeff Duncan, South Carolina
  • Neal Dunn, Florida
  • Ron Estes, Kansas
  • Pat Fallon, Texas
  • Randy Feenstra, Iowa
  • Drew Ferguson, Georgia
  • Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota
  • Scott Fitzgerald, Wisconsin
  • Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee
  • Scott Franklin, Florida
  • Matt Gaetz, Florida
  • Lance Gooden, Texas
  • Paul Gosar, Arizona
  • Kay Granger, Texas
  • Garret Graves, Louisiana
  • Sam Graves, Missouri
  • Mark Green, Tennessee
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia
  • Morgan Griffith, Virginia
  • Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin
  • Jim Hagedorn, Minnesota
  • Andy Harris, Maryland
  • Diana Harshbarger, Tennessee
  • Vicky Hartzler, Missouri
  • Kevin Hern, Oklahoma
  • Dusty Johnson, South Dakota
  • Jim Jordan, Ohio
  • John Joyce, Pennsylvania
  • Fred Keller, Pennsylvania
  • Trent Kelly, Mississippi
  • David Kustoff, Tennessee
  • Darin LaHood, Illinois
  • Doug LaMalfa, California
  • Doug Lamborn, Colorado
  • Jake LaTurner, Kansas
  • Debbie Lesko, Arizona
  • Julia Letlow, Louisiana
  • Barry Loudermilk, Georgia
  • Frank Lucas, Oklahoma
  • Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri
  • Tracey Mann, Kansas
  • Thomas Massie, Kentucky
  • Brian Mast, Florida
  • Lisa McClain, Michigan
  • Tom McClintock, California
  • Patrick McHenry, North Carolina
  • David McKinley, West Virginia
  • Dan Meuser, Pennsylvania
  • Carol Miller, West Virginia
  • Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Iowa
  • Alex Mooney, West Virginia
  • Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma
  • Troy Nehls, Texas
  • Dan Newhouse, Washington
  • Ralph Norman, South Carolina
  • Troy Nunes, California
  • Jay Obernolte, California
  • Burgess Owens, Utah
  • Steven Palazzo, Mississippi
  • Gary Palmer, Alabama
  • Greg Pence, Indiana
  • Scott Perry, Pennsylvania
  • Bill Posey, Florida
  • Tom Rice, South Carolina
  • Mike Rogers, Alabama
  • Hal Rogers, Kentucky
  • Matt Rosendale, Montana
  • David Rouzer, North Carolina
  • John Rutherford, Florida
  • Maria Elvira Salazar, Florida
  • Austin Scott, Georgia
  • Pete Sessions, Texas
  • Jason Smith, Missouri
  • Adrian Smith, Nebraska
  • Michelle Steel, California
  • Elise Stefanik, New York
  • Greg Steube, Florida
  • Claudia Tenney, New York
  • Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania
  • William Timmons, South Carolina
  • Michael Turner, Ohio
  • Beth Van Duyne, Texas
  • Jackie Walorski, Indiana
  • Michael Waltz, Florida
  • Bruce Westerman, Arkansas
  • Joe Wilson, South Carolina
  • Rob Wittman, Virginia
  • Steve Womack, Arkansas
  • Lee Zeldin, New York

Correction 06/30/21, 8.16 a.m. ET: This article has been updated to correct the entry for Michael Turner.

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