Senate roll call 223 · 42nd Congress · Mar 20, 1872
To pass H.R. 555.
On Mar 20, 1872, the Senate voted 20–17 (HR 555). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–11, Democrats 2–10, Others 1–0. 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
- 20
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 20, 1872
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 11 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.