Senate roll call 707 · 41st Congress · Feb 28, 1871
To table amendments to H. R. 2816 eliminating discrimination as to residence of loyal claimants. (p. 1793-3)
On Feb 28, 1871, the Senate voted 23–30 (HR 2816). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–20, Democrats 0–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 23
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 28, 1871
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 20 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 12 no · 1 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
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
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