Senate roll call 374 · 42nd Congress · May 9, 1872
To amend H.R. 1050, by adding a section that excludes congressmens and army or navy officers from removal of political disabilities.
On May 9, 1872, the Senate voted 38–14 (HR 1050). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–14, Democrats 13–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 38
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 9, 1872
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 14 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt 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
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- 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
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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