Senate roll call 345 · 41st Congress · Jun 4, 1870
To adjourn in order to terminate debate on the nomination of benjamin f. Potts.
On Jun 4, 1870, the Senate voted 21–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–10, Democrats 2–1. 10 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
- 11
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Jun 4, 1870
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 10 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill 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
- Charles Daniel Drake 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
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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