Senate roll call 642 · 42nd Congress · Jan 17, 1873
To pass H.J.RES. 170, (17 stat 637) a resolution enabling the U.S. To participate in the vienna international exposition in 1873.
On Jan 17, 1873, the Senate voted 29–17 (HJR 170). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–10, Democrats 4–7, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 29
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 17, 1873
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 10 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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