Senate roll call 642 · 41st Congress · Feb 21, 1871
To adjourn because of no quorum, motion made during debate on H. R. 2615 (16 stat 544), a bill making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of indi
On Feb 21, 1871, the Senate voted 43–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–12, Democrats 9–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 43
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 21, 1871
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 12 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX 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
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
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