Senate roll call 473 · 42nd Congress · May 29, 1872
To amend H.R. 2322, by repealing a tax on friction matches.
On May 29, 1872, the Senate voted 24–17 (HR 2322). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–14, Democrats 8–3, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 24
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 29, 1872
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 14 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- 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
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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