Senate roll call 710 · 41st Congress · Mar 1, 1871
To amend H. R. 2816 by inserting at the end of the words "and who remained loyal during the late war", the words "and who in no way voluntarily gave aid or com
On Mar 1, 1871, the Senate voted 44–16 (HR 2816). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–5, Democrats 0–12. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 5 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
- 44
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Mar 1, 1871
By party
- Republicans45 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 12 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald 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
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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