Senate roll call 182 · 41st Congress · Mar 11, 1870
To postpone indefinitely a resolution providing for appointment of a joint standing committee on indian affairs. (p. 1859-3)
On Mar 11, 1870, the Senate voted 27–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–26, Democrats 7–1. 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
- 27
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 11, 1870
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 26 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted yes
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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