Senate roll call 646 · 41st Congress · Feb 22, 1871
To table an amendment to H. R. 2615 providing to insert after line 252, $15,000 to be used with the chippewas at lake superior, etc. (p. 1501-2)
On Feb 22, 1871, the Senate voted 10–27 (HR 2615). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–23, Democrats 1–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 10
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Feb 22, 1871
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 23 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-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 Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- 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
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table an amendment to H. R. 2615…: Senate Vote, Feb 22, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-S-646/to-table-an-amendment-to-h-r-2615-providing (accessed 2026-10-17).