To adjourn, due to the lack of a quorum at the discussion of the credit mobilier. (p. 360)

On Jan 6, 1873, the House voted 45–84. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 41–33, Democrats 4–49, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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: 45
No: 84
Did not vote: 125
Date: Jan 6, 1873

By party

Republicans41 yes · 33 no · 69 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 49 no · 53 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
George Madison Adams D-KY voted yes
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
John Taffe R-NE voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted yes
John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT 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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