House roll call 576 · 41st Congress · Feb 20, 1871
To eliminate H.R. 518 and change it to a joint resolution (H.J. RES. 518). (p. 1456-1)
On Feb 20, 1871, the House voted 110–92 (HR 518). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 70–74, Democrats 37–18, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 88 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
- 110
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Feb 20, 1871
By party
- Republicans70 yes · 74 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats37 yes · 18 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted no
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- Marion Bethune R-GA voted yes
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA voted yes
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William Penn Wolf R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted no
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted yes
And 8 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- 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
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley 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
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale 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
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward 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
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
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