Senate roll call 638 · 41st Congress · Feb 20, 1871
To amend H. R. 2524 by striking the part of the amendment providing for the sale of "judiciary square" lying north of e ST. (p. 1430-1)
On Feb 20, 1871, the Senate voted 17–30 (HR 2524). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–22, Democrats 3–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 17
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 20, 1871
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 22 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 8 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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