Senate roll call 516 · 41st Congress · Jul 12, 1870
To amend H. R. 2165 by adding $250,000 to the sum already named (i.e.) $1,832,460.85, by way of bonds which the government never issued although it stipulated t
On Jul 12, 1870, the Senate voted 31–19 (HR 2165). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–19, Democrats 9–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 31
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jul 12, 1870
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 19 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- 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
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- 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
- 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
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
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