Senate roll call 780 · 42nd Congress · Mar 1, 1873
To table amendment to H.R. 3921, which provides for printing the debates of Congress through a contract with w. J. Murtagh.
On Mar 1, 1873, the Senate voted 31–25 (HR 3921). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–25, Democrats 14–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 31
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 1, 1873
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 25 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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