House roll call 154 · 42nd Congress · Feb 19, 1872
To suspend the rules and pass a resolution calling for the placing of SALT and coal on the free list of any bill levying import duties. (p. 1117-3)
On Feb 19, 1872, the House voted 102–87. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 39–69, Democrats 64–15, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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
- 102
- No
- 87
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Feb 19, 1872
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 69 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats64 yes · 15 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- James Clarence Harper D-NC voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted yes
- John James Davis D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees 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
- Henry Davis Mchenry 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- Abraham Ellison Garrett 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 Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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