Senate roll call 576 · 41st Congress · Jan 11, 1871
To amend S. J. RES. 262, by providing that investigation will begin not more than one month after the recall of the United States navy or other aid from dominic
On Jan 11, 1871, the Senate voted 16–40 (SJR 262). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–40, Democrats 8–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 16
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jan 11, 1871
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 40 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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