Senate roll call 418 · 42nd Congress · May 16, 1872
To pass H.R. 2187.
On May 16, 1872, the Senate voted 39–18 (HR 2187). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–10, Democrats 3–11, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 39
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- May 16, 1872
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 11 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- 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
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- 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 Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.