House roll call 607 · 41st Congress · Feb 27, 1871
To suspend rules and introduce and pass an amendment to H.R. 3064 to appropriate $100,000 for erection of govt. BLDG. At la crosse, wisc. And $50,000 for a BLDG
On Feb 27, 1871, the House voted 118–56 (HR 3064). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 95–35, Democrats 23–20, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 55 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
- 118
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Feb 27, 1871
By party
- Republicans95 yes · 35 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 20 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- William Penn Wolf R-IA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- John Manning Jr. D-NC voted no
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted no
- John Fox D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI 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
- Peter Myndert Dox 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
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch 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
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris 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
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey 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
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon 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
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
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