Senate roll call 595 · 41st Congress · Feb 3, 1871
To concur in an amendment to H. R. 1829 striking out "three months" and insert "fourteen days." (p. 932-2)
On Feb 3, 1871, the Senate voted 20–28 (HR 1829). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–26, Democrats 7–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 20
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 3, 1871
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 26 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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