House roll call 19 · 42nd Congress · Mar 13, 1871
To suspend rules and adopt H.J. RES. 27, a resolution repealing the duty on coal.
On Mar 13, 1871, the House voted 130–57 (HJR 27). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 57–44, Democrats 72–13, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 57 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
- 57
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Mar 13, 1871
By party
- Republicans57 yes · 44 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Democrats72 yes · 13 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- John Ritchie D-MD voted no
- William M. Merrick D-MD voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted no
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ voted no
- Charles St. John R-NY voted no
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY voted no
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted no
- Milo Goodrich R-NY voted no
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY 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
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur 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
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC voted no
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- John James Davis D-WV voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley 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
- Francis Wayland Palmer 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
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Freeman Clarke 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
- 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
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- 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
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur 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
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar 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
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce 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
- John Rogers D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Frank Charles Bunnell 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
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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