Senate roll call 271 · 41st Congress · May 6, 1870
To postpone present and all prior orders in order to continue consideration of the house concurrent resolution relating to adjournment made during consideration
On May 6, 1870, the Senate voted 26–25. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–25, Democrats 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 26
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 6, 1870
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 25 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- 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
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- 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
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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