Senate roll call 518 · 41st Congress · Jul 12, 1870
To agree to an amendment to H. R. 2165 by adding section authorizing the secretary of war to appropriate the sum of $300,000 to ascertain expense incurred by TH
On Jul 12, 1870, the Senate voted 28–13 (HR 2165). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–10, Democrats 1–3. 10 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
- 28
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jul 12, 1870
By party
- Republicans27 yes · 10 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin 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
- 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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