House roll call 546 · 41st Congress · Feb 6, 1871
To suspend rules and pass a resolution to grant the use of this hall to MRS. Victoria c. Woodhull and MRS. Isabella beecher hooker on wednesday evening, feb. 8,
On Feb 6, 1871, the House voted 41–150. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 38–97, Democrats 2–50, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 40 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
- 41
- No
- 150
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Feb 6, 1871
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 97 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 50 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Ginery Twichell R-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted yes
- Randolph Strickland R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- John Fisher R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted yes
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- David Atwood R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- 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
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-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
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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