Senate roll call 529 · 41st Congress · Jul 14, 1870
To postpone pending and all prior orders and proceed to consideration of a motion that when the Senate adjourns today it meet at one o'clock a.m. Tomorrow there
On Jul 14, 1870, the Senate voted 25–23. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–19, Democrats 3–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 25
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 14, 1870
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 19 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY 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
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- 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
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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