Senate roll call 510 · 41st Congress · Jul 11, 1870
To postpone H. R. 1950, in order to take up H. R. 2165 (16 stat 291, app july 15, 1870), appropriations bill for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1871. (p. 1027
On Jul 11, 1870, the Senate voted 32–22 (HR 1950). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–22, Democrats 8–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 32
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jul 11, 1870
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 22 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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