House roll call 599 · 41st Congress · Feb 25, 1871
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 3064. (p. 1678)
On Feb 25, 1871, the House voted 70–98. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 37–86, Democrats 31–11, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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
- 70
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 88
- Date
- Feb 25, 1871
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 86 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 11 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL voted no
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL voted yes
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted yes
- William Penn Wolf R-IA voted yes
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
- Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
- John Lynch R-ME voted yes
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Dixon R-NC voted yes
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Charles Haight D-NJ voted no
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted no
- John Fox D-NY voted no
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY voted no
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- Edward Degener R-TX voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom 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 Steele Holman D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis 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
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- George William Booker O-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher 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
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-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
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson 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 Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-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
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- David Atwood R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey 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
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- Richard Small Ayer 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
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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