Senate roll call 630 · 42nd Congress · Jan 9, 1873
To table amendment to H.R. 2989, which appropriates $25,000 to the shoshone indians for payment for part of their reservation, the money to be spent for stock-c
On Jan 9, 1873, the Senate voted 17–20 (HR 2989). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–12, Democrats 1–8. 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
- 17
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jan 9, 1873
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 12 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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