Senate roll call 327 · 42nd Congress · Apr 26, 1872
To concur in amendment to H.R. 1654, which set a limit for claims for damages by U.S. Troops in kentucky.
On Apr 26, 1872, the Senate voted 23–26 (HR 1654). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–13, Democrats 0–14, Others 0–1. 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
- 23
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 26, 1872
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- 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
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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