Senate roll call 357 · 42nd Congress · May 6, 1872
To table amendment to H.R. 1070, which appropriates $425,000 for a mail steamship route between the U.S. And australia.
On May 6, 1872, the Senate voted 20–25 (HR 1070). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–19, Democrats 3–6, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 20
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 6, 1872
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 19 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 6 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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