Senate roll call 407 · 42nd Congress · May 15, 1872
To recess until 7:30 p.m., motion made during consideration of H.R. 2187.
On May 15, 1872, the Senate voted 34–24 (HR 2187). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–12, Democrats 4–11, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- Republicans30 yes · 12 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 11 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- 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
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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