Senate roll call 512 · 41st Congress · Jul 11, 1870
To adjourn due to lateness of hour, made during debate on H. R. 2165. (p. 5428-1, 2)
On Jul 11, 1870, the Senate voted 14–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–28, Democrats 4–3. 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
- 14
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jul 11, 1870
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 28 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Milton Thayer 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
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- 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
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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