House roll call 619 · 41st Congress · Mar 1, 1871
To suspend the rules, a motion made during consideration of H.R. 1705, a bill to fix the time for the election of representatives and delegates to the Congress
On Mar 1, 1871, the House voted 101–87 (HR 1705). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 74–61, Democrats 26–25, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 86 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
- 101
- No
- 87
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Mar 1, 1871
By party
- Republicans74 yes · 61 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 25 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- John Morrissey D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey 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
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted no
- John Fisher R-NY voted no
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted no
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted no
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH voted no
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
And 6 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck 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
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble 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
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- 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
- 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
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn 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
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper 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
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-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
- 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
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith 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
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-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
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George William Booker O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
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