Senate roll call 463 · 42nd Congress · May 28, 1872
To table the h. Con. Resolution regarding final adjournment.
On May 28, 1872, the Senate voted 11–42. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–25, Democrats 0–16, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 28, 1872
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 25 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 16 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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