Senate roll call 575 · 41st Congress · Jan 11, 1871
To amend S. J. RES. 262 by having the commissioners inquire into the possibility of civil war in dominica. (p. 430-2)
On Jan 11, 1871, the Senate voted 20–36 (SJR 262). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–38, Democrats 10–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 20
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 11, 1871
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 38 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- 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
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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