Senate roll call 730 · 42nd Congress · Feb 21, 1873
To pass S. 836.
On Feb 21, 1873, the Senate voted 24–26 (S 836). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–26, Democrats 10–5, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 24
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 21, 1873
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 26 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.