House roll call 624 · 41st Congress · Mar 2, 1871
To suspend rules and pass a house joint resolution to settle certain accounts between the United States and the state of mississippi and other states. (p. 1877
On Mar 2, 1871, the House voted 107–59. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 69–53, Democrats 37–6, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 59 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
- 107
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 90
- Date
- Mar 2, 1871
By party
- Republicans69 yes · 53 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Democrats37 yes · 6 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler 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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb 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
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum 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
- Dennis Mccarthy 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
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-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
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted no
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth 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 Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-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
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-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
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen 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
- George William Booker O-VA
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Henry Warner Slocum 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
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke 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
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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