House roll call 531 · 41st Congress · Jan 30, 1871
To suspend rules and pass S.J. RES. 92 providing for the relief of certain contractors for the construction of vessels of war and steam machinery. (p. 840-3)
On Jan 30, 1871, the House voted 141–52 (SJR 92). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 92–42, Democrats 45–9, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 51 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
- 141
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 63
- Date
- Jan 30, 1871
By party
- Republicans92 yes · 42 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats45 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- John Manning Jr. D-NC voted no
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
- William Moore R-NJ voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- John Fox D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted no
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted no
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
- John Fisher R-NY voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- David Atwood R-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted no
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer 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
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan 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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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