Senate roll call 524 · 41st Congress · Jul 14, 1870
To table h. J. R. 224 (16 stat 673, app july 14, 1870), a resolution relating to claim of MRS. Margaret p. Robinson, of kentucky, widow of richard m. Robinson,
On Jul 14, 1870, the Senate voted 13–25 (HJR 224). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–19, Democrats 0–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jul 14, 1870
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 19 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake 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
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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