Senate roll call 329 · 41st Congress · May 27, 1870
To amend H. R. 974 by increasing the salaries of circuit court judges from $6,000 to $7,500, the differential being for hotel and traveling expenses. (p. 3901-
On May 27, 1870, the Senate voted 25–21 (HR 974). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–18, Democrats 6–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 21
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 27, 1870
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 18 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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