Senate roll call 547 · 41st Congress · Aug 15, 1870
To adjourn in order to delay action on the suspension of h. G. Parker and certain superintendents of indian affairs and indian agents whose places have been fil
On Aug 15, 1870, the Senate voted 28–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–19, Democrats 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 21
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Aug 15, 1870
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 19 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull 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
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- 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
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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