To table motion to reconsider refusal to dispense with all further proceedings under the call.

On Feb 24, 1875, the House voted 135–60. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 124–7, Democrats 10–50, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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: 135
No: 60
Did not vote: 109
Date: Feb 24, 1875

By party

Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans124 yes · 7 no · 73 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 50 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
John Duncan Young D-KY voted yes
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
William James O'Brien D-MD voted yes
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC voted yes
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
Joel Allen Barber 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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