Senate roll call 348 · 41st Congress · Jun 6, 1870
To amend H. R. 1169 by paying interest on $250,000 of bonds to the choctaw indians from 1861, instead of 1866, in accordance with treaty stipulations. (p. 762)
On Jun 6, 1870, the Senate voted 17–32 (HR 1169). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–31, Democrats 7–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 17
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jun 6, 1870
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 31 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- 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
- 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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