Senate roll call 622 · 42nd Congress · Dec 20, 1872
To amend H.R. 3131, by appropriating $150,000 immediately available for replacing old and worn-out vessels for service in the coast survey.
On Dec 20, 1872, the Senate voted 21–20 (HR 3131). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–20, Democrats 9–0, 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
- 21
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Dec 20, 1872
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 20 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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