Senate roll call 552 · 41st Congress · Dec 14, 1870
To concur in a house concurrent resolution providing that when the two houses adjourn on thursday the 22nd they adjourn to meet again on wednesday the 4th day o
On Dec 14, 1870, the Senate voted 36–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–16, Democrats 7–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 36
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Dec 14, 1870
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 16 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- 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
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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