Senate roll call 479 · 42nd Congress · May 30, 1872
To reconsider passage of amendment to H.R. 2322, which outlines the duties of the revenue commission.
On May 30, 1872, the Senate voted 25–32 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–21, Democrats 2–10, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 25
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 30, 1872
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 21 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson 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
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- 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
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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