To table amendment providing that steamships accepted for postal service of not less than 4000 tons register be built of iron. (p. 1745-2, 3)

On Feb 27, 1871, the Senate voted 33–17 (HR 2579). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–15, Democrats 7–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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: 33
No: 17
Did not vote: 30
Date: Feb 27, 1871

By party

Republicans26 yes · 15 no · 26 didn’t vote
Democrats7 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

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
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
John Pool R-NC voted no
Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
John Milton Thayer R-NE 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
Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
John Warfield Johnston D-VA 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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