House roll call 580 · 41st Congress · Feb 20, 1871
To pass H.J. RES. 518. (p. 1457-2)
On Feb 20, 1871, the House voted 96–81 (HJR 518). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 61–67, Democrats 35–16, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 77 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
- 96
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- Feb 20, 1871
By party
- Republicans61 yes · 67 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Democrats35 yes · 16 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL voted yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Charles Hays R-AL voted yes
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA voted no
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT voted yes
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE voted no
- Marion Bethune R-GA voted yes
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA voted yes
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA voted no
- William Pierce Price D-GA voted no
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William Penn Wolf R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted yes
- George Colin Mckee R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted no
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Sanford R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Cowles R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted yes
- David Smith Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted no
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted yes
- James Scott Negley R-PA voted yes
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- William Thomas Clark R-TX voted yes
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble 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
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- 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
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell 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
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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