Senate roll call 715 · 41st Congress · Mar 1, 1871
To amend H. R. 2789 (16 stat 526, app mar. 2, 1871), the naval appropriations bill for the fiscal year ending june 30 1872 by reducing appropriations for contin
On Mar 1, 1871, the Senate voted 21–20 (HR 2789). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–20, Democrats 7–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 21
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Mar 1, 1871
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 20 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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