Senate roll call 240 · 42nd Congress · Mar 27, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 1537.
On Mar 27, 1872, the Senate voted 26–22 (HR 1537). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–22, Democrats 8–0, Others 1–0. 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
- 26
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 27, 1872
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 22 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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