Senate roll call 587 · 41st Congress · Jan 27, 1871
To go into executive session.
On Jan 27, 1871, the Senate voted 35–14. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–10, Democrats 2–4. 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
- 35
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jan 27, 1871
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 10 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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