Senate roll call 258 · 42nd Congress · Apr 1, 1872
To proceed to consideration of executive business, motion made during debate on H.R. 1192.
On Apr 1, 1872, the Senate voted 19–20 (HR 1192). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–20, Democrats 7–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 20
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Apr 1, 1872
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 20 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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