Senate roll call 514 · 41st Congress · Jul 12, 1870
To amend H. R. 2165 by appropriating a sum not to exceed $150,000 under the direction of the secretary of treasury for the construction of a fireproof building
On Jul 12, 1870, the Senate voted 14–24 (HR 2165). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–17, Democrats 1–7. 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
- 24
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jul 12, 1870
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 17 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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