Senate roll call 158 · 42nd Congress · Feb 9, 1872
To amend H.R. 380, by adding a proviso that the bill shall not authorize the naturalization of chinese.
On Feb 9, 1872, the Senate voted 13–32 (HR 380). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–22, Democrats 1–9, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 13
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 9, 1872
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 22 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- John Pool R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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