To recess until 7:30 p.m., motion made during consideration of H.R. 2322.

On May 30, 1872, the Senate voted 17–33 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–20, Democrats 0–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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: 17
No: 33
Did not vote: 25
Date: May 30, 1872

By party

Republicans17 yes · 20 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
James Harlan R-IA voted yes
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
John Pool R-NC voted yes
Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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