Senate roll call 689 · 41st Congress · Feb 27, 1871
To table an amendment to H. R. 2579, which amendment adds ten percent to the cost of stamped envelopes for transportation of same. (p. 1735-1)
On Feb 27, 1871, the Senate voted 20–21 (HR 2579). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–13, Democrats 1–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 20
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 27, 1871
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 13 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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