Senate roll call 474 · 41st Congress · Jul 4, 1870
To amend H. R. 2201 by eliminating from the naturalization laws all discrimination due to race or color. (p. 5173-3, 5176-2)
On Jul 4, 1870, the Senate voted 14–30 (HR 2201). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–22, Democrats 0–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jul 4, 1870
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 22 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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