Senate roll call 250 · 42nd Congress · Mar 28, 1872
To amend H.R. 1537, by leaving tea and coffee on the kree list.
On Mar 28, 1872, the Senate voted 22–18 (HR 1537). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–15, Democrats 5–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 22
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 28, 1872
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 15 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Sherman R-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- 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
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- 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
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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