Senate roll call 431 · 41st Congress · Jun 28, 1870
To amend H. R. 2045 by eliminating various duties on different grades of sugar, and retaining three cents per pound duty on all sugar. (p. 4924-3)
On Jun 28, 1870, the Senate voted 27–26 (HR 2045). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–19, Democrats 2–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 27
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jun 28, 1870
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 19 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
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
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- 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 Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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