Senate roll call 741 · 42nd Congress · Feb 24, 1873
To table S. 693.
On Feb 24, 1873, the Senate voted 22–32 (S 693). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–29, Democrats 10–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 22
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 24, 1873
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 29 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan 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
Did not vote
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.