To adjourn because of the late hour, made during consideration of H. R. 974. (p. 3364-3)

On May 11, 1870, the Senate voted 30–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–21, 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: 30
No: 21
Did not vote: 29
Date: May 11, 1870

By party

Republicans23 yes · 21 no · 23 didn’t vote
Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Willard Warner R-AL voted no
Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
James Harlan R-IA voted no
Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
George Henry Williams R-OR 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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Capitol Receipts, “To adjourn because of the late hour, made…: Senate Vote, May 11, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-S-277/to-adjourn-because-of-the-late-hour-made-during (accessed 2026-10-17).