To amend H.R. 2524 by appropriating $72,500 for salaries of chief justice (8,500); and for eight associate justices or retired justices ($8,000 each). (p. 503-

On Jan 18, 1871, the House voted 112–70 (HR 2524). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 78–46, Democrats 32–21, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 67 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: 112
No: 70
Did not vote: 74
Date: Jan 18, 1871

By party

Republicans78 yes · 46 no · 54 didn’t vote
Democrats32 yes · 21 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
Marion Bethune R-GA voted no
Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
William Williams R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
William Northcut Sweeney D-KY voted no
Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
John Manning Jr. D-NC voted no
Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Beatty R-OH voted no
Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted no
Edward Degener R-TX voted no
David Atwood R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV 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 amend H.R. 2524 by appropriating $72,500…: House Vote, Jan 18, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-519/to-amend-h-r-2524-by-appropriating-72-500 (accessed 2026-10-17).