To adjourn because of the late hour, made during consideration of S. 380. (p. 1843-3)

On Mar 10, 1870, the Senate voted 25–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–20, Democrats 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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: 20
Did not vote: 35
Date: Mar 10, 1870

By party

Republicans20 yes · 20 no · 27 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Willard Warner R-AL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
James Harlan R-IA voted no
Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
Waitman Thomas Willey 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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Capitol Receipts, “To adjourn because of the late hour, made…: Senate Vote, Mar 10, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-S-181/to-adjourn-because-of-the-late-hour-made-during (accessed 2026-10-17).