Senate roll call 51 · 42nd Congress · Apr 14, 1871
To proceed to consideration of executive business.
On Apr 14, 1871, the Senate voted 30–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–16, Democrats 0–14, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 31
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 14, 1871
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- 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
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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