Senate roll call 705 · 41st Congress · Feb 28, 1871
To table an amendment to H. R. 2816 applying appropriation of july 15, 1870 of $5133.43 to pay persons entitled to amount of expenses incurred by territorial au
On Feb 28, 1871, the Senate voted 33–13 (HR 2816). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–12, Democrats 8–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 13
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 28, 1871
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 12 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- 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
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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