Senate roll call 143 · 42nd Congress · Jan 29, 1872
To amend H.R. 243, by adding a section that if a state denies right to vote to any qualified male, it must consequently have its proportion of representatives r
On Jan 29, 1872, the Senate voted 28–25 (HR 243). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–11, Democrats 0–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 28
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 29, 1872
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- 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
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- 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
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- 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 Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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