To suspend rules and consider a resolution regarding tax on incomes of people and corporations.

On May 11, 1874, the House voted 137–64. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 88–53, Democrats 49–9, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 62 members voted against their own party.

During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 137
No: 64
Did not vote: 103
Date: May 11, 1874

By party

Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans88 yes · 53 no · 63 didn’t vote
Democrats49 yes · 9 no · 36 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted no
Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
John Blake Rice R-IL voted no
Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
William Evans Arthur D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
William James O'Brien D-MD voted no
William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
George Willard R-MI voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted no
Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted no
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
David Miller De Witt D-NY voted no
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted no
William Henry Lamport R-NY voted no
Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted no
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted no
Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted no
Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted no
Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Lemuel Todd R-PA voted no
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted no
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted no
Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and consider a resolution…: House Vote, May 11, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-149/to-suspend-rules-and-consider-a-resolution-regarding-tax (accessed 2026-10-16).