House roll call 596 · 41st Congress · Feb 25, 1871
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 3064. (p. 1674-2)
On Feb 25, 1871, the House voted 80–106. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 37–96, Democrats 39–10, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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
- 80
- No
- 106
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Feb 25, 1871
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 96 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 10 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- Marion Bethune R-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Dixon R-NC voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- John Fox D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-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
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- 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
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- 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
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- 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
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
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