Senate roll call 57 · 42nd Congress · Apr 18, 1871
To concur in conference report on H.R. 19.
On Apr 18, 1871, the Senate voted 26–26 (HR 19). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–26, Democrats 14–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 26
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Apr 18, 1871
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 26 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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