Senate roll call 312 · 42nd Congress · Apr 22, 1872
To proceed to consideration of the north carolina election case.
On Apr 22, 1872, the Senate voted 35–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–23, Democrats 13–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 35
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Apr 22, 1872
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- 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
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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