Senate roll call 142 · 42nd Congress · Jan 29, 1872
To amend H.R. 243, by striking out a phrase which insures honest elections, in accordance with other legislation.
On Jan 29, 1872, the Senate voted 26–32 (HR 243). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–16, Democrats 0–15, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 26
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jan 29, 1872
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill 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
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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