Senate roll call 686 · 41st Congress · Feb 27, 1871
To table an amendment to H. R. 2579 increasing the appropriation for china mail service from one-half million to one million. (p. 1701-3, 1725-1, 2)
On Feb 27, 1871, the Senate voted 31–19 (HR 2579). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–17, Democrats 7–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 31
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 27, 1871
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 17 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- 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
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- 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
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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