House roll call 516 · 41st Congress · Jan 17, 1871
To amend H.R. 2524 (16 stat 475, 3/3/7), by appropriating $10,000 for publishing laws in pamphlet form and all laws requiring laws to be printed in newspapers b
On Jan 17, 1871, the House voted 81–89 (HR 2524). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–87, Democrats 49–1, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 81
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- Jan 17, 1871
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 87 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Democrats49 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy 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
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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