Senate roll call 595 · 42nd Congress · Jun 8, 1872
To concur in conference report on H.R. 2208, the rivers and harbors improvement appropriation bill for fiscal 1871.
On Jun 8, 1872, the Senate voted 41–13 (HR 2208). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–13, Democrats 13–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 41
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 8, 1872
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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