House roll call 498 · 41st Congress · Jan 6, 1871
To pass a resolution providing that the house censure the conduct of admiral charles davis for his delay in going to the rescue of MR. Bliss and MR. Masterton a
On Jan 6, 1871, the House voted 100–58. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 87–21, Democrats 12–34, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 100
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Jan 6, 1871
By party
- Republicans87 yes · 21 no · 70 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 34 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
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