To suspend the rules and discharge the committee of the whole from further consideration of H.R. 1537, a bill to repeal existing duties on teas and coffee. (p.

On Feb 19, 1872, the House voted 155–38 (HR 1537). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 85–23, Democrats 70–14, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 155
No: 38
Did not vote: 59
Date: Feb 19, 1872

By party

Republicans85 yes · 23 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats70 yes · 14 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
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
Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
John Breese Hay 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
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME 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
Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
James Brooks D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted no
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH 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

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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