Senate roll call 6 · 42nd Congress · Mar 17, 1871
To table amendment to H.R. 19, a deficiency appropriations bill for 1870; the amendment appropriates $13,000 for mary b. Walker, in payment of money expended by
On Mar 17, 1871, the Senate voted 28–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–12, Democrats 6–6, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 28
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 17, 1871
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 12 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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