Senate roll call 664 · 42nd Congress · Jan 29, 1873
To amend H.R. 2991, by reducing the number of class 1 post office department clerks from 71 to 66, and reducing their salary appropriation from $85,200 to $79,2
On Jan 29, 1873, the Senate voted 31–23 (HR 2991). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–22, Democrats 16–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 31
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 29, 1873
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 22 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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