Senate roll call 76 · 42nd Congress · May 18, 1871
To amend a resolution committing MR. Z. L. White to the custody of the sergeant-at-arms by substituting that the vice-President notify the district attorney of
On May 18, 1871, the Senate voted 10–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–23, Democrats 2–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 10
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- May 18, 1871
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 23 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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