Senate roll call 123 · 42nd Congress · Jan 16, 1872
To recommit H.R. 173, a bill repealing the duty on SALT, to the committee on finance.
On Jan 16, 1872, the Senate voted 32–18 (HR 173). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–10, Democrats 3–7, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 32
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jan 16, 1872
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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