Senate roll call 622 · 41st Congress · Feb 15, 1871
To adjourn because of the lack of a quorum, motion made during debate on H. R. 2524. (p. 1270-3)
On Feb 15, 1871, the Senate voted 17–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–14, Democrats 3–1. 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
- 17
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Feb 15, 1871
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 14 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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