House roll call 514 · 41st Congress · Jan 16, 1871
To suspend rules and pass a resolution relating to the returning from Senate to house, ocean cable legislation in order that house may again consider the provis
On Jan 16, 1871, the House voted 103–82. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 62–71, Democrats 38–12, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 74 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
- 103
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Jan 16, 1871
By party
- Republicans62 yes · 71 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 12 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Marion Bethune R-GA voted yes
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William Penn Wolf R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- John Fox D-NY voted no
- John Morrissey D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- John Fisher R-NY voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Edward Degener R-TX voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Robert Thompson Van Horn 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
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- John Moffet D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
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