House roll call 604 · 41st Congress · Feb 27, 1871
To suspend rules and consider the paragraph in H.R. 3064 for the erection of a government building in hartford, conn., upon plans insuring its completion for $3
On Feb 27, 1871, the House voted 115–67 (HR 3064). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 101–31, Democrats 12–35, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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
- 115
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Feb 27, 1871
By party
- Republicans101 yes · 31 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 35 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell 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
- John Lynch R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss 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
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey 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
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard 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
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Austin Blair R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- 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 Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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