To adjourn, motion made during debate in H.R. 3589, a bill limiting the cost of certain public buildings.

On Jun 15, 1874, the House voted 69–121. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 53–75, Democrats 15–44, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 68 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: 69
No: 121
Did not vote: 114
Date: Jun 15, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans53 yes · 75 no · 76 didn’t vote
Democrats15 yes · 44 no · 35 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
James Wilson R-IA voted yes
William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted yes
Granville Barrere R-IL voted yes
James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
James Stewart Martin R-IL voted yes
Isaac Clements R-IL voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted yes
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted yes
William Addison Phillips R-KS voted yes
Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
William James O'Brien D-MD voted yes
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
William Bradbury Small R-NH voted yes
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted yes
Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted yes
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted yes
Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted yes
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted yes
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted yes
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted yes
Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted yes
David Wilber R-NY voted yes
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted yes
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted yes
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted yes
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted yes
Charles Foster R-OH voted yes
Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted yes
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted yes
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted yes
James Monroe R-OH voted yes
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
John Alexander Magee D-PA voted yes
Sobieski Ross R-PA voted yes
Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA voted yes
Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted yes
Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted yes
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted yes
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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