To adjourn because of the late hour, made during debate on H. R. 974. (p. 3724-1)

On May 23, 1870, the Senate voted 24–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–19, Democrats 5–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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: 24
No: 22
Did not vote: 34
Date: May 23, 1870

By party

Republicans19 yes · 19 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Willard Warner R-AL voted no
Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
James Harlan R-IA voted no
Richard Yates R-IL voted no
Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
William Sprague R-RI voted no
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
James Winright Flanagan R-TX 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 23, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-S-316/to-adjourn-because-of-the-late-hour-made-during (accessed 2026-10-17).