To adjourn, motion made during debate in H.R. 473, a supplemental civil rights bill.

On Dec 8, 1873, the House voted 106–144. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–143, Democrats 82–0, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: 106
No: 144
Did not vote: 54
Date: Dec 8, 1873

By party

Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans23 yes · 143 no · 38 didn’t vote
Democrats82 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alexander White R-AL voted yes
Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted yes
Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
Granville Barrere R-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
Alvah Crocker R-MA voted yes
Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted yes
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted yes
Jason Niles R-MS voted yes
William Bradbury Small R-NH voted yes
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted yes
Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted yes
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted yes
Lemuel Todd R-PA voted yes
William Crutchfield R-TN 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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