Senate roll call 372 · 42nd Congress · May 9, 1872
To amend H.R. 1050, a bill for the removal of legal and political disabilities, by removing a phrase regarding discrimination in public schools.
On May 9, 1872, the Senate voted 25–26 (HR 1050). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–27, Democrats 13–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 25
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 9, 1872
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 27 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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