Senate roll call 720 · 41st Congress · Mar 1, 1871
To amend H. R. 2789 by striking the clause "for the $600,000 appropriation for construction of two iron plated torpedo boats." (p. 1848-3)
On Mar 1, 1871, the Senate voted 18–21 (HR 2789). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–18, Democrats 4–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 18
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Mar 1, 1871
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 18 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- 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
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- 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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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