Senate roll call 293 · 41st Congress · May 19, 1870
To recess until 7:30 p.m., made during debate on H. R. 1293. (p. 3612-2)
On May 19, 1870, the Senate voted 29–24. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–18, Democrats 0–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 29
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 19, 1870
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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