Senate roll call 436 · 41st Congress · Jun 29, 1870
To go into executive session, made during debate on H. R. 2045. (p. 4992-3)
On Jun 29, 1870, the Senate voted 28–24. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–15, Democrats 0–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 28
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 29, 1870
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 15 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV 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
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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
- Richard Yates 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 Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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