Senate roll call 347 · 42nd Congress · May 1, 1872
To recess until 7:30, p.m., motion made during consideration of executive business.
On May 1, 1872, the Senate voted 21–22. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–10, Democrats 0–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 21
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- May 1, 1872
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 10 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 12 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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