Senate roll call 694 · 42nd Congress · Feb 12, 1873
To receive an amendment to a resolution that the electoral votes of the state of texas are to be counted, which adds that since the list of names of the persons
On Feb 12, 1873, the Senate voted 31–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–10, Democrats 10–5, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 15
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 12, 1873
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 10 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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