House roll call 555 · 41st Congress · Feb 9, 1871
To pass a resolution providing that when the house resolves itself into the committee of the whole on the state of the union to limit all general debate to one
On Feb 9, 1871, the House voted 109–86. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 97–47, Democrats 12–37, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 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
- 109
- No
- 86
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Feb 9, 1871
By party
- Republicans97 yes · 47 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 37 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Coburn 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
- Edward Degener R-TX voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- David Atwood R-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- 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
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper 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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- 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
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey 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
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna 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
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr 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
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
Other votes
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