Senate roll call 25 · 41st Congress · Mar 30, 1869
To go into executive session made during debate on S. 43. (p. 361-1)
On Mar 30, 1869, the Senate voted 13–42. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–35, Democrats 0–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 30, 1869
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 35 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- 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
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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