Senate roll call 72 · 42nd Congress · May 18, 1871
To amend a resolution concerning the committee investigating the publicization of the treaty of washington, by eliminating a part which authorizes the committee
On May 18, 1871, the Senate voted 20–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–29, Democrats 7–2, Others 1–0. 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
- 20
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 18, 1871
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 29 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 2 no · 9 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
- 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
- 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- 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
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- 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
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- 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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