Senate roll call 380 · 41st Congress · Jun 15, 1870
To go into executive session, made during debate on H. R.986 (p. 4461-2)
On Jun 15, 1870, the Senate voted 17–20. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–13, Democrats 0–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 20
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jun 15, 1870
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 13 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard 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
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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 Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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