To table a concurrent resolution regarding the adjournment for holiday recess.

On Dec 21, 1874, the House voted 101–127. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 98–58, Democrats 4–70, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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: 101
No: 127
Did not vote: 70
Date: Dec 21, 1874

By party

Others2 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans98 yes · 58 no · 48 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 70 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted no
John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
James Rush Lofland R-DE voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Jasper Delos Ward R-IL voted no
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted yes
Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ voted no
Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ voted no
Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted no
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH voted yes
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
James Dale Strawbridge R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted no
Barbour Lewis R-TN voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table a concurrent resolution regarding…: House Vote, Dec 21, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-244/to-table-a-concurrent-resolution-regarding-the-adjournment-for (accessed 2026-10-15).