Senate roll call 768 · 42nd Congress · Feb 27, 1873
To table S. 1621.
On Feb 27, 1873, the Senate voted 20–27 (S 1621). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–11, Democrats 0–15, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 20
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 27, 1873
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 11 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.