Senate roll call 411 · 42nd Congress · May 15, 1872
To amend H.R. 2187, by adding a proviso that the U.S. Has the right to repeal or modify the provisions of this act without any claim suits to follow as a conse
On May 15, 1872, the Senate voted 12–26 (HR 2187). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–30, Democrats 9–3, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 15, 1872
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 30 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn 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
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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