Senate roll call 599 · 41st Congress · Feb 3, 1871
To amend H. R. 1829 by substituting 60 days, for 3 months as the period of service entitling an ex-soldier to a pension. (p. 938-2)
On Feb 3, 1871, the Senate voted 26–19 (HR 1829). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–18, Democrats 6–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 26
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 3, 1871
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 18 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- 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
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-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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