House roll call 577 · 41st Congress · Feb 20, 1871
To table H.J. RES. 518. (p. 1456-2)
On Feb 20, 1871, the House voted 93–103 (HJR 518). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 74–63, Democrats 18–37, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 81 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
- 93
- No
- 103
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Feb 20, 1871
By party
- Republicans74 yes · 63 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 37 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted no
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
- Marion Bethune R-GA voted no
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted no
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted no
- John Fisher R-NY voted no
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted yes
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted no
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
And 1 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- 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
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- 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
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss 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
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna 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
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Julius Levi Strong 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
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- 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
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- 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
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-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
- 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Smyth 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
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-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
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-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
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table H.J. RES. 518. (p. 1456-2): House Vote, Feb 20, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-577/to-table-h-j-res-518-p-1456-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).