Senate roll call 610 · 42nd Congress · Dec 9, 1872
Engrossment and 3rd reading of S. 610, a bill for the relief of lizzie gilmer, postmaster at pittsfield, ill.
On Dec 9, 1872, the Senate voted 32–15 (S 610). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–8, Democrats 3–7, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 32
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Dec 9, 1872
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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