Senate roll call 745 · 42nd Congress · Feb 24, 1873
To amend S. 693, by striking out a section appropriating $50,000 to the smith sonian institute, and appropriating it instead to the support of district of colum
On Feb 24, 1873, the Senate voted 20–21 (S 693). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–19, Democrats 4–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 20
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 24, 1873
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 19 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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