Senate roll call 314 · 41st Congress · May 23, 1870
To amend H. R. 974 by appropriating $100,000 for one or more north pole expeditions under direction of the pres. (p. 3711-2, 3712-1)
On May 23, 1870, the Senate voted 25–25 (HR 974). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–18, Democrats 1–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 25
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 23, 1870
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 18 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull 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
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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