To suspend the rules and adopt a resolution providing for the inclusion in one paragraph of iron, steel, copper, wool, and cotton, when the house considers h.r.

On May 6, 1872, the House voted 64–122 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 62–48, Democrats 1–73, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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: 64
No: 122
Did not vote: 68
Date: May 6, 1872

By party

Republicans62 yes · 48 no · 33 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 73 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Charles Hays R-AL voted no
Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
Henry Snapp R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
Alvah Crocker R-MA voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ voted no
Charles St. John R-NY voted no
John Rogers D-NY voted yes
John Edward Seeley R-NY voted no
Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and adopt a resolution…: House Vote, May 6, 1872,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-272/to-suspend-the-rules-and-adopt-a-resolution-providing (accessed 2026-10-16).