Senate roll call 758 · 42nd Congress · Feb 25, 1873
To table amendment to H.R. 3850, which amendment repeals a law limiting the military organizations which colored men may join.
On Feb 25, 1873, the Senate voted 22–19 (HR 3850). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–19, Democrats 12–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 19
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 25, 1873
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 19 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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