Senate roll call 696 · 41st Congress · Feb 27, 1871
To amend H. R. 2579 by striking out all after the word "that" and inserting company to raise their main channel span in order to give 100 foot clearance at low
On Feb 27, 1871, the Senate voted 14–38 (HR 2579). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–30, Democrats 2–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 27, 1871
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 30 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- 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
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg 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
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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