To amend the motion to recess by extending supper recess from 7.30 p.m. To 8 p.m., motion made during debate on S.J. RES. 121.

On May 10, 1870, the House voted 20–128. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–101, Democrats 12–23, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 members voted against their own party.

During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 20
No: 128
Did not vote: 108
Date: May 10, 1870

By party

Republicans8 yes · 101 no · 69 didn’t vote
Democrats12 yes · 23 no · 37 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted yes
Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted yes
Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted yes
Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted yes
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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