To adjourn in order to terminate debate on the nomination of e. R. Hoar of massachusetts as associate justice of the the United States supreme court. (p. 329)

On Dec 22, 1869, the Senate voted 23–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–22, Democrats 0–9. 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: 23
No: 31
Did not vote: 26
Date: Dec 22, 1869

By party

Republicans23 yes · 22 no · 22 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 4 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
Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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