Senate roll call 662 · 41st Congress · Feb 23, 1871
To table an amendment providing that no superintendent of indian affairs be paid a salary in excess of $2500 per annum, and all acts in conflict with this is he
On Feb 23, 1871, the Senate voted 27–17 (HR 2615). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–13, Democrats 0–4. 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
- 27
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 23, 1871
By party
- Republicans27 yes · 13 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 4 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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