Senate roll call 238 · 41st Congress · Apr 19, 1870
To amend H. R. 1335 by withholding from the President authority to use United States troops in supression of uncontrolled organized violence in any state. (p.
On Apr 19, 1870, the Senate voted 32–24 (HR 1335). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–24, Democrats 6–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 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
- 32
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 19, 1870
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA 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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- 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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
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