Senate roll call 630 · 41st Congress · Feb 17, 1871
To amend H. R. 2524 by fixing certain salaries of superintendent at $3000, assayer at $2500, melter at $2500, coiner at $2500, assistant and clerk at $2000, an
On Feb 17, 1871, the Senate voted 21–19 (HR 2524). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–16, Democrats 3–3. 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
- 21
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 17, 1871
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 16 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey 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
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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