Senate roll call 736 · 41st Congress · Mar 3, 1871
To concur in an amendment to H. R. 3064 striking the clause relating to league island which would call for appropriation of $200,000 for improvement of same nec
On Mar 3, 1871, the Senate voted 15–29 (HR 3064). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–22, Democrats 0–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 3, 1871
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 22 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT 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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
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