Senate roll call 515 · 42nd Congress · May 31, 1872
To recede from amendment to H.R. 1541, which appropriates $200,000 for enlarging of a military depot at FT. Leavenworth, kansas.
On May 31, 1872, the Senate voted 21–17 (HR 1541). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–16, Democrats 11–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 21
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 31, 1872
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 16 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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