Senate roll call 736 · 42nd Congress · Feb 22, 1873
To table amendment to H.R. 3498, which increases the mail steamship service with brazil to twice monthly.
On Feb 22, 1873, the Senate voted 28–21 (HR 3498). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–20, Democrats 8–2, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 28
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 22, 1873
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 20 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- 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
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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