To recess until six o'clock. (p. 1966-1)

On Mar 3, 1871, the Senate voted 33–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–21, Democrats 11–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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: 21
Did not vote: 26
Date: Mar 3, 1871

By party

Republicans22 yes · 21 no · 24 didn’t vote
Democrats11 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Willard Warner R-AL voted no
Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
James Harlan R-IA voted no
Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
John Pool R-NC voted no
John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
William Sprague R-RI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To recess until six o'clock. (p. 1966-1): Senate Vote, Mar 3, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-S-732/to-recess-until-six-oclock-p-1966-1 (accessed 2026-10-16).