Senate roll call 698 · 41st Congress · Feb 27, 1871
To amend H. R. 2579 by making it unlawful for the company to erect a bridge from cincinnati ohio to newport kentucky, unless the channel span has a clearance at
On Feb 27, 1871, the Senate voted 32–22 (HR 2579). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–21, Democrats 7–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 32
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 27, 1871
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 21 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- 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
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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