To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.J. RES. 518. (p. 1457-1)

On Feb 20, 1871, the House voted 78–107. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 60–65, Democrats 17–39, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 77 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: 78
No: 107
Did not vote: 71
Date: Feb 20, 1871

By party

Republicans60 yes · 65 no · 53 didn’t vote
Democrats17 yes · 39 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA voted yes
William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
John Coburn R-IN voted yes
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
William Williams R-IN voted yes
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
Patrick Hamill D-MD voted yes
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted yes
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
John Taffe R-NE voted yes
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted yes
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
John Beatty R-OH voted yes
Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted yes
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted yes
Edward Degener R-TX voted yes
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
David Atwood R-WI voted yes
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV 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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