Senate roll call 379 · 42nd Congress · May 9, 1872
To amend H.R. 1050, by including all schools in the racial discrimination clause, as well as cemeteries and benevolent institutions supported by general taxatio
On May 9, 1872, the Senate voted 21–21 (HR 1050). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–21, Democrats 12–1. 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
- 21
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 9, 1872
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 21 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- 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
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- 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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