Senate roll call 130 · 42nd Congress · Jan 24, 1872
To pass H.R. 555.
On Jan 24, 1872, the Senate voted 35–6 (HR 555). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–1, Democrats 5–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 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
- 35
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jan 24, 1872
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 1 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.