House roll call 583 · 41st Congress · Feb 21, 1871
To pass S. 647. (p. 1473-2)
On Feb 21, 1871, the House voted 136–70 (S 647). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 107–44, Democrats 26–28, Others 5–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 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
- 136
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Feb 21, 1871
By party
- Republicans107 yes · 44 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 28 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- William Crawford Sherrod 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
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- John Manning Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted yes
- John Fox D-NY voted yes
- John Morrissey D-NY voted yes
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- James January Winans R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- Edward Degener R-TX voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble 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
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin 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
- 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
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- 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
- Horace Maynard 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
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-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
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom 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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-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 Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-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
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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