To recess from 4:30 to 7 p.m., made during consideration of S. J. RES. 85. (p. 463-3)

On Jan 14, 1870, the Senate voted 32–24 (SJR 85). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–22, Democrats 8–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 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: 24
Did not vote: 24
Date: Jan 14, 1870

By party

Republicans24 yes · 22 no · 21 didn’t vote
Democrats8 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
James Harlan R-IA voted no
Richard Yates R-IL voted no
John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
George Vickers D-MD voted no
Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN voted no
Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
John Scott R-PA voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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