Senate roll call 363 · 42nd Congress · May 7, 1872
To concur in amendment to H.R. 1070, which sets specifications for the steamships to be used in transoceanic mail routes.
On May 7, 1872, the Senate voted 26–20 (HR 1070). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–14, Democrats 2–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 26
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 7, 1872
By party
- Republicans27 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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