Senate roll call 456 · 42nd Congress · May 27, 1872
To table motion to postpone consideration of H.R. 2322, the tax and tariff reduction bill, in order to assign tomorrow evening for the consideration of reports
On May 27, 1872, the Senate voted 28–30 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–22, Democrats 5–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 28
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- May 27, 1872
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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