Senate roll call 364 · 42nd Congress · May 7, 1872
To amend H.R. 1070, by adding that no-one who shall be an employee of the executive department may prosecute claims.
On May 7, 1872, the Senate voted 31–21 (HR 1070). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–13, Democrats 4–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 31
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 7, 1872
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy 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
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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