To adjourn, motion made during debate in H.R. 3583, a bill providing for the admission of women as attorneys.

On Jun 2, 1874, the House voted 56–96. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–85, Democrats 38–10, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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: 56
No: 96
Did not vote: 152
Date: Jun 2, 1874

By party

Others0 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 85 no · 101 didn’t vote
Democrats38 yes · 10 no · 46 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Rush Lofland R-DE voted yes
Philip Cook D-GA voted no
John Blake Rice R-IL voted yes
Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
William Williams R-IN voted yes
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted yes
Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
Josiah Williams Begole R-MI voted yes
William Henry Stone D-MO voted no
Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted yes
Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted yes
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
John Berry D-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted yes
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
John Marshall Hagans 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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