House roll call 149 · 42nd Congress · Feb 12, 1872
To suspend the rules and pass a resolution instructing the committee on ways and means to report a bill repealing all import duties on tea and coffee. (p. 974-
On Feb 12, 1872, the House voted 139–37. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 86–22, Democrats 52–14, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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
- 139
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Feb 12, 1872
By party
- Republicans86 yes · 22 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats52 yes · 14 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- Seth Wakeman R-NY voted no
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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