Senate roll call 45 · 42nd Congress · Apr 14, 1871
To amend H.R. 320, by striking out section 4, concerned with suspensions of writs of habeas corpus.
On Apr 14, 1871, the Senate voted 21–42 (HR 320). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–42, Democrats 14–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 21
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Apr 14, 1871
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 42 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- 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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- 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
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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