Senate roll call 303 · 41st Congress · May 20, 1870
To amend H. R. 1293 by striking the clause giving any person who has been deprived of the right to vote, the right to sue and recover damages therefor. (JP. 68
On May 20, 1870, the Senate voted 21–26 (HR 1293). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–26, Democrats 8–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 21
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- May 20, 1870
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 26 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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