Senate roll call 738 · 42nd Congress · Feb 22, 1873
To table amendment to H.R. 3498, which provides for extension of contracts in mail service between san francisco and honolulu.
On Feb 22, 1873, the Senate voted 28–26 (HR 3498). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–25, Democrats 10–2, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 22, 1873
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 25 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- 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
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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