Senate roll call 353 · 41st Congress · Jun 7, 1870
To adjourn in order to terminate debate on the resolution providing that the committee on foreign relations make certain investigations for the lease to the uni
On Jun 7, 1870, the Senate voted 19–21. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–21, Democrats 4–0. 15 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
- 19
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jun 7, 1870
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 21 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- 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
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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