Senate roll call 396 · 42nd Congress · May 13, 1872
To pass S. 1059, a bill authorizing settlement of the claim of the estate of the late rear admiral j. A. Dahlgren.
On May 13, 1872, the Senate voted 23–7 (S 1059). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–6, Democrats 7–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 7 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
- 7
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- May 13, 1872
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 6 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Windom R-MN
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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