To table motion to reconsider passage of a res. Regarding the gunter VS. Wilshire contest of ark.

On Feb 18, 1874, the House voted 135–129. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 135–44, Democrats 0–82, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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: 129
Did not vote: 40
Date: Feb 18, 1874

By party

Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans135 yes · 44 no · 25 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 82 no · 12 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
John Blake Rice R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Alvah Crocker R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
Jason Niles R-MS voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
William Bradbury Small R-NH voted no
Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY voted no
Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted no
David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
John Ambler Smith R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
George Whitman Hendee R-VT voted no
Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton 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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