House roll call 633 · 41st Congress · Mar 3, 1871
To suspend rules and consider and pass H.R. 1450, a bill to define swamp and overflowed lands. (p. 1932-2)
On Mar 3, 1871, the House voted 97–60 (HR 1450). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 90–31, Democrats 7–26, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 97
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 99
- Date
- Mar 3, 1871
By party
- Republicans90 yes · 31 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 26 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted no
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
- Edward Degener R-TX voted no
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- David Atwood R-WI voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian 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
- 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
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-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
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey 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 Jay Smith R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- 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
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-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
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- 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
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- 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
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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