House roll call 569 · 41st Congress · Feb 17, 1871
To table H.R. 2066, a bill to provide a uniform system of education for district of columbia. (p. 1367-1)
On Feb 17, 1871, the House voted 56–116 (HRE 2066). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–104, Democrats 32–11, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 56
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 84
- Date
- Feb 17, 1871
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 104 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 11 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA voted no
- Marion Bethune R-GA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted no
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
- Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine 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
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack 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
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- 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
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham 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
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- 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
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
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