Senate roll call 369 · 42nd Congress · May 7, 1872
To amend H.R. 1070, by adding that if the pacific mail steamship company accepts a semi-monthly increase in service, it must maintain a run between new york and
On May 7, 1872, the Senate voted 23–18 (HR 1070). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–18, Democrats 12–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 23
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 7, 1872
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 18 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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