To table amendment to H.R. 1070, which establishes a mail steamship route between the U.S. And australia, with a $425,000 appropriation.

On May 6, 1872, the Senate voted 21–20 (HR 1070). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–19, Democrats 6–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 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: 20
Did not vote: 26
Date: May 6, 1872

By party

Republicans19 yes · 19 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
William Sprague R-RI voted no
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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