Senate roll call 106 · 41st Congress · Jan 17, 1870
To table S. J. RES. 85. (JP. 108)
On Jan 17, 1870, the Senate voted 25–23 (SJR 85). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–24, Democrats 10–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 25
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 17, 1870
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 24 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table S. J. RES. 85. (JP. 108): Senate Vote, Jan 17, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-S-106/to-table-s-j-res-85-jp-108 (accessed 2026-10-15).