Senate roll call 99 · 41st Congress · Jan 13, 1870
To go into executive session, in order to terminate debate on S. J. RES. 85. (p. 424-3)
On Jan 13, 1870, the Senate voted 29–26 (SJR 85). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–16, Democrats 0–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 29
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jan 13, 1870
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 16 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 10 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN 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
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- 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
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- 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
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- 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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