Senate roll call 10 · 41st Congress · Mar 15, 1869
To pass S. 56, which as passed is H. R. 7.strengthening the public credit, and relating to contracts for the payment of coin.
On Mar 15, 1869, the Senate voted 28–25 (HR 7). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–25, Democrats 7–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 28
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 15, 1869
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 25 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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