Senate roll call 690 · 41st Congress · Feb 27, 1871
To amend H. R. 2579 by providing that $1.00 per 1000 be added for transportation by mail of stamped envelopes containing no printing except return request to WR
On Feb 27, 1871, the Senate voted 26–27 (HR 2579). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–22, Democrats 5–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 26
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 27, 1871
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 22 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- 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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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