Senate roll call 655 · 41st Congress · Feb 23, 1871
To table an amendment to H. R. 2615 appropriating $50,000 for surveying the cherokee country.
On Feb 23, 1871, the Senate voted 15–20 (HR 2615). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–17, Democrats 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Feb 23, 1871
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- 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
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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