Senate roll call 649 · 42nd Congress · Jan 22, 1873
To pass H.R. 2982.
On Jan 22, 1873, the Senate voted 33–16 (HR 2982). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–12, Democrats 5–4, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 33
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 22, 1873
By party
- Republicans27 yes · 12 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 4 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
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
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.