Senate roll call 319 · 42nd Congress · Apr 25, 1872
To amend H.R. 1654, by adding a proviso that proof of loyalty in claims suits shall not be required where the plaintiff had taken the oath of amnesty.
On Apr 25, 1872, the Senate voted 16–23 (HR 1654). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–26, Democrats 10–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 16
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Apr 25, 1872
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 26 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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