Senate roll call 420 · 41st Congress · Jun 27, 1870
To postpone H. R. 2045 in order to continue consideration of the resolution making S. 647 the special order of the day at 7:30 p.m. (p. 4885)
On Jun 27, 1870, the Senate voted 27–24 (HR 2045). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–20, Democrats 3–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 27
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 27, 1870
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 20 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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