To table an amendment to H. R. 2579 making it unlawful for newport and cincinati bridge company or other to proceed in erection of a bridge now under constructi

On Feb 27, 1871, the Senate voted 28–35 (HR 2579). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–26, Democrats 2–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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: 28
No: 35
Did not vote: 17
Date: Feb 27, 1871

By party

Republicans26 yes · 26 no · 15 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
Willard Warner R-AL voted no
Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
James Harlan R-IA voted no
Richard Yates R-IL voted no
Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
George Vickers D-MD voted yes
Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
John Scott R-PA voted no
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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