Senate roll call 375 · 42nd Congress · May 9, 1872
To amend H.R. 1050, by requiring an oath of loyalty to the U.S. Before political and legal disabilities can be removed.
On May 9, 1872, the Senate voted 31–24 (HR 1050). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–11, Democrats 0–14. 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
- 31
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 9, 1872
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- 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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