Senate roll call 81 · 42nd Congress · May 24, 1871
To amend the treaty of washington, which amendment provides for either of high contracting parties at any time to terminate disagreement to observe the rules se
On May 24, 1871, the Senate voted 11–45. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–45, Democrats 9–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 45
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 24, 1871
By party
- Republicans2 yes · 45 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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