Senate roll call 301 · 42nd Congress · Apr 20, 1872
To table S. 724, a bill regarding the texas pacific railroad company, in order to proceed to consideration of H.R. 1, a bill revising and amending the statutes
On Apr 20, 1872, the Senate voted 22–28 (S 724). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–23, Democrats 2–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 28
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Apr 20, 1872
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- 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
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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