Senate roll call 118 · 42nd Congress · Dec 21, 1871
To amend H.R. 380, by adding a proviso that removal of disabilities does not carry with it the right to file claims against the U.S. For personal or property da
On Dec 21, 1871, the Senate voted 21–32 (HR 380). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–19, Democrats 1–13, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 members voted against their own party.
During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Dec 21, 1871
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 13 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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