Senate roll call 97 · 41st Congress · Jan 11, 1870
To postpone until one o'clock next thursday the further consideration of a Senate joint resolution declaring virginia entitled to representation in Congress. (
On Jan 11, 1870, the Senate voted 25–26. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–17, Democrats 0–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 25
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 11, 1870
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 17 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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