Senate roll call 523 · 42nd Congress · Jun 1, 1872
To amend a resolution regarding final adjournment, by fixing saturday, june 15th, as the day of final adjournment instead of monday, june 10th.
On Jun 1, 1872, the Senate voted 16–35. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–20, Democrats 0–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 16
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jun 1, 1872
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 20 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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