To sustain the decision of the chair that other motions may be entertained pending the motion that the sergeant-at-arms be compelled to direct the attendance of

On May 24, 1872, the House voted 43–63 (S 569). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 36–20, Democrats 6–42, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 43
No: 63
Did not vote: 148
Date: May 24, 1872

By party

Republicans36 yes · 20 no · 87 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 42 no · 58 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted no
Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
John Lynch 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
Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted yes
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
William Randall Roberts D-NY voted yes
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC 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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