House roll call 532 · 41st Congress · Jan 31, 1871
To amend H.R. 2797 by allowing soldiers serving for 90 days to take land under the provisions of the homestead law, the time of settlement to be determined by d
On Jan 31, 1871, the House voted 85–113 (HR 2797). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 81–56, Democrats 4–52, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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
- 85
- No
- 113
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Jan 31, 1871
By party
- Republicans81 yes · 56 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 52 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Marion Bethune R-GA voted no
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
- James January Winans R-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted no
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss 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
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland 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
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- 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
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom 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
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney 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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Porter Sheldon 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
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- 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
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge 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
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
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