Senate roll call 403 · 41st Congress · Jun 20, 1870
To amend H. R. 1828 by extending from aug. 1, to oct. 1, 1870 the date when the amendment abolishing the franking privilege becomes effective. (p. 4630-1, 4634
On Jun 20, 1870, the Senate voted 35–23 (HR 1828). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–17, Democrats 3–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 35
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jun 20, 1870
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 17 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- 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
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-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
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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