To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 96, a bill to the memory of george peabody, deceased. (p. 296-3)

On Dec 21, 1869, the House voted 42–72. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 42–40, Democrats 0–32. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 members voted against their own party.

During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 42
No: 72
Did not vote: 142
Date: Dec 21, 1869

By party

Republicans42 yes · 40 no · 96 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 32 no · 40 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
John Fisher R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC voted no
Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN 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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