Senate roll call 716 · 41st Congress · Mar 1, 1871
To amend H. R. 2789 by striking out all section two on the bill thereby preventing any special fund being created and subjected to any authority. (p. 1836-3)
On Mar 1, 1871, the Senate voted 24–29 (HR 2789). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–28, Democrats 9–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 24
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 1, 1871
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 28 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson 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
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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