Senate roll call 681 · 42nd Congress · Feb 5, 1873
To table S. 1313.
On Feb 5, 1873, the Senate voted 29–27 (S 1313). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–21, Democrats 10–6, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 29
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 5, 1873
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 21 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 6 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.