Senate roll call 574 · 41st Congress · Jan 10, 1871
To pass S. 859. (p. 399-1)
On Jan 10, 1871, the Senate voted 36–14 (S 859). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–14, Democrats 9–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 36
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 10, 1871
By party
- Republicans27 yes · 14 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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