House roll call 568 · 41st Congress · Feb 16, 1871
To pass a house resolution providing that the house recommend the secretary of war convenes a court of inquiry to ascertain the members of the first class who w
On Feb 16, 1871, the House voted 111–90. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 68–75, Democrats 40–14, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 82 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
- 111
- No
- 90
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Feb 16, 1871
By party
- Republicans68 yes · 75 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats40 yes · 14 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- William Penn Wolf R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
- George Madison Adams D-KY voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- John Manning Jr. D-NC voted no
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- Edward Degener R-TX voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
And 2 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield 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
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- David Atwood R-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
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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