To amend an amendment to H. R. 2524, by providing that salary of supreme court justices be $8500 instead of $10,500, and similarly reducing proposed salaries fo

On Feb 15, 1871, the Senate voted 29–28 (HR 2524). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–23, Democrats 4–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 28
Did not vote: 23
Date: Feb 15, 1871

By party

Republicans25 yes · 23 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
Willard Warner R-AL voted no
Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
George Vickers D-MD voted yes
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted yes
Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted no
John Pool R-NC voted no
James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
John Scott R-PA voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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