Senate roll call 199 · 41st Congress · Mar 17, 1870
To consent to the nomination of f. G. Bromberg as deputy postmaster at mobile, mobile county, alabama. (p. 399)
On Mar 17, 1870, the Senate voted 28–26. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–23, Democrats 5–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 26 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 17, 1870
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 23 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- 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
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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