Senate roll call 633 · 41st Congress · Feb 18, 1871
To amend H. R. 2524 by fixing certain salaries.
On Feb 18, 1871, the Senate voted 20–30 (HR 2524). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–23, Democrats 0–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 18, 1871
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 23 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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