Senate roll call 215 · 42nd Congress · Mar 18, 1872
To table a resolution establishing a committee to investigate recommendations to federal appointments by senators.
On Mar 18, 1872, the Senate voted 24–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–30, Democrats 13–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 24
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 18, 1872
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 30 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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