Senate roll call 471 · 41st Congress · Jul 4, 1870
To adjourn in order to observe the holiday. (p. 5144-2)
On Jul 4, 1870, the Senate voted 20–20. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–20, Democrats 7–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 20
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jul 4, 1870
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 20 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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