Senate roll call 179 · 42nd Congress · Mar 1, 1872
To proceed to consideration of executive business.
On Mar 1, 1872, the Senate voted 27–24. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–12, Democrats 1–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 27
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 1, 1872
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 12 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 12 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- 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
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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