Senate roll call 614 · 41st Congress · Feb 14, 1871
To pass S. 683, a bill authorizing mail steamship service in the gulf of mexico between new orleans, louisiana and certain ports of the mexican republic. (p. 1
On Feb 14, 1871, the Senate voted 29–21 (S 683). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–14, Democrats 0–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 29
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 14, 1871
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 14 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 6 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
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT 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
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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