Senate roll call 391 · 41st Congress · Jun 17, 1870
To amend H. R. 1828 by extending from july 1, 1870 to jan. 1 1871 the effective date of the repeal of the franking privilege. (p. 4547-2, 4552-2)
On Jun 17, 1870, the Senate voted 21–26 (HR 1828). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–21, Democrats 2–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jun 17, 1870
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 21 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- 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
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
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