To suspend rules and pass a resolution reaffirming the house's belief that the internal revenue system should be abolished.

On Apr 10, 1871, the House voted 130–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 77–8, Democrats 51–12, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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: 130
No: 21
Did not vote: 103
Date: Apr 10, 1871

By party

Republicans77 yes · 8 no · 58 didn’t vote
Democrats51 yes · 12 no · 43 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
William G. Donnan R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
Edward Young Rice D-IL voted no
Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted no
Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN voted no
John Morgan Bright D-TN voted no
Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN voted no
William Wirt Vaughan D-TN voted no
William Terry D-VA 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 rules and pass a resolution…: House Vote, Apr 10, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-65/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-a-resolution-reaffirming-the (accessed 2026-10-16).