Senate roll call 672 · 41st Congress · Feb 24, 1871
To amend H. R. 2634, by amending section eight, line 33 by inserting after the word "arrested" the words "under this act or the act hereby amended" so that it r
On Feb 24, 1871, the Senate voted 8–40 (HR 2634). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–41, Democrats 9–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 24, 1871
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 41 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels 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
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- 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
- 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
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 2634, by amending section…: Senate Vote, Feb 24, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-S-672/to-amend-h-r-2634-by-amending-section-eight (accessed 2026-10-17).