Senate roll call 192 · 42nd Congress · Mar 7, 1872
To table amendment to H.R. 1060. The amendment repeals the laws under which the civil service commission is appointed by the President.
On Mar 7, 1872, the Senate voted 29–20 (HR 1060). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–17, Democrats 9–3, 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
- 29
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 7, 1872
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 17 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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