Senate roll call 597 · 42nd Congress · Jun 8, 1872
To table H.R. 2247, a bill giving congressional approval to the termini and route of the anacosta and potomac river railroad, and regulating its construction an
On Jun 8, 1872, the Senate voted 19–22 (HR 2247). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–15, Democrats 4–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 19
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jun 8, 1872
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 15 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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