Senate roll call 598 · 41st Congress · Feb 3, 1871
To amend H. R. 1829 by striking "three months" in the seventh and eighth lines of the first section, and inserting thirty days as the required time of service e
On Feb 3, 1871, the Senate voted 24–25 (HR 1829). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–23, Democrats 6–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 24
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 3, 1871
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 23 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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