Senate roll call 476 · 42nd Congress · May 29, 1872
To amend H.R. 2322, by striking out a proviso that revenue commissioners shall be appointed regardless of political or partisan considerations, and from civil l
On May 29, 1872, the Senate voted 18–35 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–23, Democrats 0–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 18
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 29, 1872
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 12 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- 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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