Senate roll call 585 · 42nd Congress · Jun 7, 1872
To sustain decision of the chair that only an amendment making legislative provisions directly related to the appropriations in the bill may be received, motion
On Jun 7, 1872, the Senate voted 33–6 (HR 2705). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–6, Democrats 9–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 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
- 33
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jun 7, 1872
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 6 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- William Sprague R-RI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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