Senate roll call 230 · 42nd Congress · Mar 25, 1872
To pass H.R. 435, a bill appointing george plunkett as paymaster in the navy.
On Mar 25, 1872, the Senate voted 20–18 (HR 435). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–13, Democrats 4–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 18
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 25, 1872
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 13 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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