Senate roll call 643 · 41st Congress · Feb 22, 1871
To concur in an amendment to H. R. 2615, said amendment striking the clause appropriating $938.55 for services rendered and money expended by alvin n. Blackledg
On Feb 22, 1871, the Senate voted 23–19 (HR 2615). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–16, Democrats 5–3. 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
- 23
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 22, 1871
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 16 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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