Senate roll call 14 · 42nd Congress · Mar 22, 1871
To amend a resolution limiting the legislative business of the Senate for the present session, by adding bills for the repeal of income tax to the list.
On Mar 22, 1871, the Senate voted 27–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–24, Democrats 11–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 27
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 22, 1871
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 24 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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