Senate roll call 748 · 42nd Congress · Feb 24, 1873
To amend S. 693, by adding 2 sections that half of the proceeds from the sale of public lands are to be apportioned to the states on basis of population for the
On Feb 24, 1873, the Senate voted 16–24 (S 693). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–20, Democrats 2–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 16
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 24, 1873
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 20 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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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