Senate roll call 521 · 41st Congress · Jul 13, 1870
To go into executive session, made during debate on H. R. 1950, granting a pension to mary lincoln.
On Jul 13, 1870, the Senate voted 22–24. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–20, Democrats 3–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 22
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jul 13, 1870
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 20 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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 Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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