House roll call 588 · 41st Congress · Feb 23, 1871
To suspend rules and pass H.R. 3036 (16 stat 538, 3/3/71), a bill to appropriate for the repair, preservation and completion of certain public works on rivers a
On Feb 23, 1871, the House voted 148–40 (HR 3036). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 116–18, Democrats 30–20, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 38 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
- 148
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Feb 23, 1871
By party
- Republicans116 yes · 18 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 20 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
- Boyd Winchester D-KY voted no
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO voted no
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
- John Taffe R-NE voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted no
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
- William Lawrence R-OH voted no
- William Mungen D-OH voted no
- John Beatty R-OH voted no
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted no
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted no
- Martin Welker R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted no
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted no
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted no
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall 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
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong 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
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- James Brooks D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- George William Booker O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Did not vote
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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