Senate roll call 338 · 42nd Congress · Apr 30, 1872
To table motion to reconsider vote by which amendment to H.R. 1654 was rejected; the amendment concerns the end of the civil war.
On Apr 30, 1872, the Senate voted 25–27 (HR 1654). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–28, Democrats 12–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 25
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Apr 30, 1872
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 28 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton 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
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Charles Sumner 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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