To pass a resolution stating that MR. Pinchback did not win the louisiana contested election.

On Jun 9, 1874, the House voted 94–121. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–121, Democrats 69–1, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 94
No: 121
Did not vote: 87
Date: Jun 9, 1874

By party

Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans23 yes · 121 no · 60 didn’t vote
Democrats69 yes · 1 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alexander White R-AL voted yes
Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted yes
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
James Rush Lofland R-DE voted yes
James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted yes
James Wilson R-IA voted yes
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
John Blake Rice R-IL voted yes
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted yes
Alvah Crocker R-MA voted yes
Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted no
Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted yes
Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY voted yes
Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted yes
William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted yes
William Sutton Moore R-PA voted yes
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
William Crutchfield R-TN voted yes
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted yes
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted yes
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT 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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