Senate roll call 638 · 42nd Congress · Jan 15, 1873
To amend S. 755, a bill for the relief of the former occupants of the present military reservation at point san jose', in san francisco., by reimbursing the peo
On Jan 15, 1873, the Senate voted 20–24 (S 755). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–16, Democrats 0–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 20
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jan 15, 1873
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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