Senate roll call 440 · 41st Congress · Jun 30, 1870
To go into executive session, made during debate on H. R. 2045. (p. 5034-1)
On Jun 30, 1870, the Senate voted 29–20 (HR 2045). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–11, Democrats 0–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 29
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jun 30, 1870
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 11 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- 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 Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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