Senate roll call 721 · 42nd Congress · Feb 17, 1873
To concur in amendment to H.R. 3351, which adds that officers of the rank of fleet captain from 1861 shall share in the navy prize law.
On Feb 17, 1873, the Senate voted 19–21 (HR 3351). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–15, Democrats 3–6, Others 0–1. 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
- 19
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 17, 1873
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 15 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 6 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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