To recommit H.R. 374, the wages and hours of labor bill, with instructions, to the committee on education and labor. The instructions would place the proposed i

On Dec 20, 1871, the House voted 76–101 (HR 374). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–90, Democrats 64–8, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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: 76
No: 101
Did not vote: 77
Date: Dec 20, 1871

By party

Republicans11 yes · 90 no · 42 didn’t vote
Democrats64 yes · 8 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted yes
Thomas Kinsella D-NY voted no
William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted yes
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV 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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