Senate roll call 406 · 42nd Congress · May 15, 1872
To agree to conference report on H.R. 1654.
On May 15, 1872, the Senate voted 34–24 (HR 1654). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–24, Democrats 14–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 34
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- May 15, 1872
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 24 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- 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
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill 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
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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