Senate roll call 368 · 42nd Congress · May 7, 1872
To table amendment to H.R. 1070, which provides for a subsidy for steamship lines running between australia and the sandwich islands.
On May 7, 1872, the Senate voted 27–21 (HR 1070). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–19, Democrats 7–5, Others 1–0. 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
- 27
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 7, 1872
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 19 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
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 Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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