Senate roll call 407 · 41st Congress · Jun 21, 1870
To amend H. R. 1828 by abolishing the franking privilege for all congressional members and officials, retaining it only for congressional documents and publicat
On Jun 21, 1870, the Senate voted 22–25 (HR 1828). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–20, Democrats 0–5. 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
- 22
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jun 21, 1870
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 20 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN 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
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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