To go into exec. Sess., motion made during consideration of H. R. 896. (JP. 532)

On Apr 21, 1870, the Senate voted 28–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–21, Democrats 7–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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: 28
No: 21
Did not vote: 31
Date: Apr 21, 1870

By party

Republicans21 yes · 21 no · 25 didn’t vote
Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT 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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