That when the house adjourns today it shall adjourn to meet on monday next.

On Apr 10, 1874, the House voted 99–132. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 51–109, Democrats 45–22, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 members voted against their own party.

During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 99
No: 132
Did not vote: 73
Date: Apr 10, 1874

By party

Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans51 yes · 109 no · 44 didn’t vote
Democrats45 yes · 22 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
John Henry Caldwell D-AL voted no
Alexander White R-AL voted yes
Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted yes
Asa Hodges R-AR voted yes
William Wallace Wilshire R-AR voted yes
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
James Rush Lofland R-DE voted yes
William James Purman R-FL voted yes
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted no
Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
Charles William Milliken D-KY voted no
Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted yes
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted yes
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
William Julian Albert R-MD voted yes
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted no
John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted no
Albert Richards Howe R-MS voted yes
Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC voted no
William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted no
Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted yes
Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ voted yes
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted yes
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted yes
Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted yes
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted yes
Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted no
Charles St. John R-NY voted yes
James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted yes
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted yes
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted yes
Lyman Tremain R-NY voted yes
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted yes
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted yes
Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted yes
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC voted yes
John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted yes
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
Barbour Lewis R-TN voted yes
William Smith Herndon D-TX voted no
William Pinkney Mclean D-TX voted no
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
Rees Tate Bowen D-VA voted no
Joel Allen Barber 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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