Senate roll call 660 · 41st Congress · Feb 23, 1871
To table an amendment to H. R. 2615 concerning the disposition of land known as the "cherokee strip" to settlers at rate of $1.25 per acre, not exceeding 160 ac
On Feb 23, 1871, the Senate voted 23–17 (HR 2615). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–16, Democrats 0–2. 16 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
- 17
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 23, 1871
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 16 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-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
- 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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