Senate roll call 478 · 42nd Congress · May 30, 1872
To amend H.R. 2322, by removing the provision regarding qualifications of the revenue commissioners8 and inserting their duties as being to consider various met
On May 30, 1872, the Senate voted 30–23 (HR 2322). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–18, Democrats 7–5, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 30
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 30, 1872
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 18 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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