Senate roll call 685 · 41st Congress · Feb 27, 1871
To postpone H. R. 2579 in order to consider S. 1287, a bill incorporating the red river valley oklahoma and santa fe railroad company. (p. 1723-3)
On Feb 27, 1871, the Senate voted 16–38. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–32, Democrats 4–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 16
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 27, 1871
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 32 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- 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
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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