House roll call 537 · 41st Congress · Feb 3, 1871
To pass H.R. 2457, to restore to certain parties their rights under the laws and treaties of the U.S. (p. 941-1)
On Feb 3, 1871, the House voted 77–93 (HR 2457). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 32–86, Democrats 44–5, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 77
- No
- 93
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Feb 3, 1871
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 86 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Democrats44 yes · 5 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- David Atwood R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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