House roll call 567 · 41st Congress · Feb 16, 1871
To amend a house resolution relating to a west point investigation by providing that the house recommend to the secretary of war that each member of the class e
On Feb 16, 1871, the House voted 97–111. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 81–66, Democrats 15–42, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 81 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
- 97
- No
- 111
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Feb 16, 1871
By party
- Republicans81 yes · 66 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 42 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted no
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted no
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted no
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
- Frank Morey R-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
- John Manning Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted no
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
- Edward Degener R-TX voted no
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted no
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
And 1 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward 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
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Loughridge 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
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins 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
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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