Senate roll call 373 · 41st Congress · Jun 13, 1870
To postpone present and prior orders and proceed to consideration of S. 386, a bill prescribing the rules of evidence in certain cases, made during debate on s.
On Jun 13, 1870, the Senate voted 16–28. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–21, Democrats 1–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jun 13, 1870
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 21 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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 Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
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