House roll call 508 · 41st Congress · Jan 11, 1871
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 2018, a bill to prevent cruelty to animals while in transit by railroad or other means of transportation, within t
On Jan 11, 1871, the House voted 25–143. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–114, Democrats 17–26, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 members voted against their own party.
During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 143
- Did not vote
- 88
- Date
- Jan 11, 1871
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 114 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 26 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted yes
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- John Fox D-NY voted yes
- John Morrissey D-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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