Senate roll call 652 · 42nd Congress · Jan 23, 1873
To amend H.R. 2991, by appropriating $53,200 instead of $40,000 for chemicals, charcoal, wood, and incidental expenses.
On Jan 23, 1873, the Senate voted 20–22 (HR 2991). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–15, Democrats 2–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 23, 1873
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 15 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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