Senate roll call 725 · 41st Congress · Mar 2, 1871
To amend H. R. 3036 by reducing the appropriation for the improvement of des moines rapids from $275,000 to $200,000. (p. 1885-3)
On Mar 2, 1871, the Senate voted 28–19 (HR 3036). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–17, Democrats 8–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 28
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 2, 1871
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 17 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
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