To adjourn until monday, motion made during debate on H.R. 2214. (p. 4521)

On Jun 17, 1870, the House voted 27–120. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–100, Democrats 19–18, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 27
No: 120
Did not vote: 109
Date: Jun 17, 1870

By party

Republicans8 yes · 100 no · 70 didn’t vote
Democrats19 yes · 18 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted yes
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted no
Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted yes
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-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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