Senate roll call 457 · 42nd Congress · May 27, 1872
To postpone further consideration of H.R. 2322, in order to set aside tomorrow evening for consideration of reports from the committee of claims.
On May 27, 1872, the Senate voted 34–21 (HR 2322). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–18, Democrats 10–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 21
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 27, 1872
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 18 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- 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
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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