Senate roll call 629 · 41st Congress · Feb 17, 1871
To amend H. R. 2524, by striking a provision providing for payment of judgements in the court of claims.
On Feb 17, 1871, the Senate voted 25–25 (HR 2524). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–28, Democrats 9–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 25
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 17, 1871
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 28 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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