Senate roll call 655 · 42nd Congress · Jan 24, 1873
To table H.R. 2991.
On Jan 24, 1873, the Senate voted 28–22 (HR 2991). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–21, Democrats 9–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 28
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jan 24, 1873
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 21 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- 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
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- 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
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.