House roll call 562 · 41st Congress · Feb 13, 1871
To suspend rules and consider and pass a h.j. Resolution to prevent obstructions in navigation of the ohio river. (p. 1188-2)
On Feb 13, 1871, the House voted 113–76. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 89–46, Democrats 22–29, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 68 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
- 113
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Feb 13, 1871
By party
- Republicans89 yes · 46 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 29 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted no
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted yes
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- John Morrissey D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
- John Fisher R-NY voted no
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-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
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty 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
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- 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
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-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
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- 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
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett 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
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George William Booker O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
Other votes
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