To suspend rules and pass H.R. 174, (17 stat 59, 5/1/72), a bill repealing duties on tea and coffee.

On Mar 13, 1871, the House voted 140–48 (HR 174). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 63–40, Democrats 76–8, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 48 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: 140
No: 48
Did not vote: 64
Date: Mar 13, 1871

By party

Republicans63 yes · 40 no · 40 didn’t vote
Democrats76 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

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
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
John Lynch R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
Thomas Kinsella D-NY voted no
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
James Brooks D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted no
Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
Milo Goodrich R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
Seth Wakeman R-NY voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI 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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