To table motion to reconsider adjournment on washington's birthday. (p. 1166-2)

On Feb 23, 1872, the House voted 100–88. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–79, Democrats 77–7, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 members voted against their own party.

During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 100
No: 88
Did not vote: 66
Date: Feb 23, 1872

By party

Republicans22 yes · 79 no · 42 didn’t vote
Democrats77 yes · 7 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Oliver P. Snyder R-AR voted yes
Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
Edward Crossland D-KY voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
John Taffe R-NE voted yes
Eli Perry D-NY voted no
John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
Charles Howell Porter R-VA 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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