House roll call 97 · 42nd Congress · Dec 18, 1871
To adjourn, a motion made while the house was considering a bill to repeal the income tax. (p. 201-1)
On Dec 18, 1871, the House voted 110–79. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 52–55, Democrats 56–23, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 75 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
- 110
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Dec 18, 1871
By party
- Republicans52 yes · 55 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats56 yes · 23 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted yes
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William G. Donnan R-IA voted yes
- Jackson Orr R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Henry Snapp R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- John Ritchie D-MD voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY voted no
- William Randall Roberts D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted yes
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- James Monroe R-OH voted yes
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Henry Sherwood D-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted yes
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted no
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted yes
- John Thomas Harris D-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- 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
- John Edwards O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan 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
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- 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
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Critcher D-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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