To table an appeal from a decision of the chair overruling a point of order that while pending business was resolution that sergeant-at-arms be directed to comp

On May 24, 1872, the House voted 48–56 (S 569). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 41–15, Democrats 6–40, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 48
No: 56
Did not vote: 150
Date: May 24, 1872

By party

Republicans41 yes · 15 no · 87 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 40 no · 60 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
William Williams R-IN voted no
Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA voted yes
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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