Senate roll call 367 · 42nd Congress · May 7, 1872
Question on germaneness of an amendment to H.R. 1070, which appropriates $75,000 for steamship service between san francisco and the sandwich islands.
On May 7, 1872, the Senate voted 31–19 (HR 1070). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–17, Democrats 8–3, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 19
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 7, 1872
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 17 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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