Senate roll call 173 · 42nd Congress · Feb 29, 1872
That when the Senate adjourns today it adjourn to meet on monday next.
On Feb 29, 1872, the Senate voted 35–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–17, Democrats 8–3, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 35
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 29, 1872
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 17 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 3 no · 7 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 Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN 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
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler 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
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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