Senate roll call 304 · 42nd Congress · Apr 20, 1872
To amend S. 724, by adding a proviso that the texas pacific company is authorized to build a railway between marshall, texas, and shreveport, louisiana.
On Apr 20, 1872, the Senate voted 26–13 (S 724). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–12, Democrats 7–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 26
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Apr 20, 1872
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 12 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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