Senate roll call 168 · 42nd Congress · Feb 14, 1872
To postpone consideration of H.R. 1060, in order to consider a resolution setting up a special committee to investigate the sales of arms to french agents.
On Feb 14, 1872, the Senate voted 40–17 (HR 1060). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–15, Democrats 10–2, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 40
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 14, 1872
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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