Senate roll call 115 · 41st Congress · Jan 21, 1870
To amend H. R. 783 by making such representation conditional upon understanding that the virginia constitution never, except for convicted felons at common law,
On Jan 21, 1870, the Senate voted 28–32 (HR 783). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–23, Democrats 0–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 32
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jan 21, 1870
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 10 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- 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
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- William Pitt Fessenden 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
- William Sprague R-RI
- 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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