House roll call 518 · 41st Congress · Jan 18, 1871
To amend H.R. 2524 by appropriating $23,500 for the effective maintenance of the department of education. (p. 487-2)
On Jan 18, 1871, the House voted 119–62 (HR 2524). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 116–9, Democrats 1–50, Others 2–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 10 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
- 119
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Jan 18, 1871
By party
- Republicans116 yes · 9 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 50 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Marion Bethune 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
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey 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
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch 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
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery 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
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler 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
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend 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
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard 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
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- 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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- 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
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham 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
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- David Heaton 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
- 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
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward 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
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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