Senate roll call 326 · 41st Congress · May 27, 1870
To amend H. R. 974 by giving equal compensation to similar male and female government clerks. (p. 3891-3)
On May 27, 1870, the Senate voted 36–20 (HR 974). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–18, Democrats 7–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 36
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 27, 1870
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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