Senate roll call 428 · 41st Congress · Jun 28, 1870
To amend S. 401, by providing that only land necessary for the right of way and other operating purposes be granted within the indian territory. (p. 4916-2)
On Jun 28, 1870, the Senate voted 26–20 (S 401). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–19, Democrats 6–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 26
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jun 28, 1870
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 19 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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