Senate roll call 648 · 42nd Congress · Jan 22, 1873
To amend H.R. 2982, by adding a proviso that no compensation shall be allowed to senators or members of the house on account of postage.
On Jan 22, 1873, the Senate voted 33–15 (HR 2982). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–15, Democrats 8–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 33
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 22, 1873
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- 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
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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