To go into excutive session, made during consideration of H. R. 1335 (16 stat 363 app july 15, 1870), a bill admitting georgia to representation in Congress. (

On Mar 17, 1870, the Senate voted 30–25. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–22, Democrats 5–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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: 30
No: 25
Did not vote: 25
Date: Mar 17, 1870

By party

Republicans25 yes · 22 no · 20 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
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted no
Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI 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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