House roll call 17 · 42nd Congress · Mar 13, 1871
To suspend rules and pass H.R. 173, a bill repealing the duty on SALT.
On Mar 13, 1871, the House voted 147–46 (HR 173). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 68–38, Democrats 78–7, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 45 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
- 147
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Mar 13, 1871
By party
- Republicans68 yes · 38 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Democrats78 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
- Charles St. John R-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
- John Edward Seeley R-NY voted no
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- William Peter Sprague R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Samuel Griffith D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA voted no
- William Mcclelland D-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Madison Miner Walden 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
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson 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
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler 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 Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks 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
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and pass H.R. 173, a bill…: House Vote, Mar 13, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-17/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-h-r-173-a (accessed 2026-10-17).