Senate roll call 603 · 42nd Congress · Jun 10, 1872
To amend H.R. 827, a bill authorizing the construction of bridges across the ohio river, by providing that the U.S. Has right-of-way across any such bridges fo
On Jun 10, 1872, the Senate voted 23–18 (HR 827). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–12, Democrats 1–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 23
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jun 10, 1872
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 12 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 6 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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