Senate roll call 254 · 42nd Congress · Mar 28, 1872
To amend H.R. 1537, by not repealing income tax.
On Mar 28, 1872, the Senate voted 19–21 (HR 1537). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–17, Democrats 3–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 19
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 28, 1872
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 17 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- 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
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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 Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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