Senate roll call 771 · 42nd Congress · Feb 27, 1873
To amend S. 1621, by adding that each parish of the state of louisiana is a separate election precinct.
On Feb 27, 1873, the Senate voted 11–31 (S 1621). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–16, Democrats 0–14, Others 0–1. 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
- 11
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 27, 1873
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 16 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- 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
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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.
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