House roll call 585 · 41st Congress · Feb 21, 1871
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 2995 (16 stat 515, 3/3/71), a bill to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the govt. For f
On Feb 21, 1871, the House voted 89–81. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–75, Democrats 49–4, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 89
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Feb 21, 1871
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 75 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Democrats49 yes · 4 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA voted no
- Marion Bethune R-GA voted yes
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA voted no
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Frank Morey R-LA voted yes
- John Andrew Peters R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
- Joseph Dixon R-NC voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Darwin Phelps R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
- Horace Maynard R-TN voted yes
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX voted yes
- Edward Degener R-TX voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard 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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- 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
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Oakes Ames 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
- John Lynch R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-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
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Hill R-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-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
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
Other votes
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