House roll call 533 · 41st Congress · Jan 31, 1871
To amend H.R. 2797 by extneding homestead rights to every soldier and sailor, and their widows and minor children. (p. 728-2, p. 759-1)
On Jan 31, 1871, the House voted 83–104 (HR 2797). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 35–100, Democrats 46–4, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 83
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Jan 31, 1871
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 100 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 4 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Boyd Winchester 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
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- 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
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- James January Winans R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 2797 by extneding homestead…: House Vote, Jan 31, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-533/to-amend-h-r-2797-by-extneding-homestead-rights (accessed 2026-10-17).