House roll call 16 · 42nd Congress · Mar 13, 1871
To adjourn, during debate on H.R. 173, a bill repealing duty on SALT.
On Mar 13, 1871, the House voted 91–92 (HR 173). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 66–37, Democrats 24–53, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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
- 91
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Mar 13, 1871
By party
- Republicans66 yes · 37 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 53 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA voted yes
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
- Madison Miner Walden 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
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- John Ritchie D-MD voted yes
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC voted yes
- James Madison Leach D-NC voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Charles Foster R-OH voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
- John James Davis D-WV voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- 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
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-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
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- 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
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-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
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- 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
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
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