Senate roll call 654 · 41st Congress · Feb 23, 1871
To recess, motion made during debate on H. R. 2615. (p. 1581-1)
On Feb 23, 1871, the Senate voted 13–35. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–27, Democrats 0–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 23, 1871
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 27 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- 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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- 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
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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