Senate roll call 34 · 42nd Congress · Apr 10, 1871
To table a resolution permitting g. Goldthwaite, alabama, and f. Blodgett, georgia, to take seats in the Senate.
On Apr 10, 1871, the Senate voted 25–26. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–15, Democrats 0–10, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 10, 1871
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 10 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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