Senate roll call 541 · 42nd Congress · Jun 5, 1872
To amend H.R. 2705, by adding a proviso that aid to the rebellion by any contractor is to be interpreted as a forfeiture of his contract and of all moneys due t
On Jun 5, 1872, the Senate voted 21–24 (HR 2705). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–11, Democrats 0–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 24
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 5, 1872
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 11 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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