To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 1338, a bill reimbursing william and mary college for damages incurred during the civil war. (p. 943-1)

On Feb 9, 1872, the House voted 53–117. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 47–45, Democrats 5–71, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 members voted against their own party.

During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 53
No: 117
Did not vote: 84
Date: Feb 9, 1872

By party

Republicans47 yes · 45 no · 51 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 71 no · 30 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted yes
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
William Thomas Clark R-TX voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV 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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