Senate roll call 641 · 41st Congress · Feb 21, 1871
To amend H. R. 2524 by providing that certain salaries be reduced.
On Feb 21, 1871, the Senate voted 30–21 (HR 2524). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–14, Democrats 1–7. 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
- 30
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 21, 1871
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 14 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- 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
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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