Senate roll call 252 · 41st Congress · Apr 21, 1870
To amend S. J. RES. 121 by providing that all lands granted company, which are undisposed of with five years after road's completion, are subject to settlement
On Apr 21, 1870, the Senate voted 38–8 (SJR 121). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–8, Democrats 4–0. 8 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
- 38
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 21, 1870
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 8 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC 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
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- 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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