Senate roll call 283 · 42nd Congress · Apr 9, 1872
To amend a motion referring H.R. 2187, a bill confirming the action of the district of columbia's common council designating a depot site for the baltimore and
On Apr 9, 1872, the Senate voted 18–38 (HR 2187). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–35, Democrats 9–4, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 18
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Apr 9, 1872
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 35 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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