Senate roll call 68 · 42nd Congress · May 17, 1871
To amend a resolution concerning the investigation of publicity and the treaty of washinton, by stating that the witness, MR. White, may answer questions in wri
On May 17, 1871, the Senate voted 27–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–29, Democrats 10–2, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 27
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- May 17, 1871
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 29 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- 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
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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