Senate roll call 520 · 41st Congress · Jul 12, 1870
To amend H. R. 2165 by adding a new section authorizing the secretary of treasury to pay such persons as were actually employed in the insurrectionary states of
On Jul 12, 1870, the Senate voted 28–10 (HR 2165). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–11, Democrats 8–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 10
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jul 12, 1870
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 11 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- 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
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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