To table appeal from decision of the chair that an amendment extending the contract for mail service between san francisco and honolulu is germane to H.R. 3498.

On Feb 22, 1873, the Senate voted 27–26 (HR 3498). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–14, Democrats 2–11, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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: 27
No: 26
Did not vote: 22
Date: Feb 22, 1873

By party

Republicans25 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 11 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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