Senate roll call 236 · 41st Congress · Apr 19, 1870
To postpone H. R. 1335. (p. 2821-1)
On Apr 19, 1870, the Senate voted 23–39 (HR 1335). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–32, Democrats 0–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 23
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Apr 19, 1870
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 32 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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