Senate roll call 232 · 42nd Congress · Mar 26, 1872
To amend H.R. 1537, by adding coal to the list of duty-free imports.
On Mar 26, 1872, the Senate voted 17–25 (HR 1537). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–22, Democrats 3–3, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 17
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 26, 1872
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 22 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- 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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