Senate roll call 624 · 41st Congress · Feb 16, 1871
To amend H. R. 2524 by striking out the pay of district judges at $500 each. (p. 1298-2)
On Feb 16, 1871, the Senate voted 28–30 (HR 2524). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–28, Democrats 8–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 28
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 16, 1871
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 28 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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