Senate roll call 84 · 42nd Congress · May 24, 1871
To consider the resolution asking that the Senate advise and consent to ratification of treaty between the U.S. And great britian for the settlement of pending
On May 24, 1871, the Senate voted 50–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 47–2, Democrats 2–10, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 50
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 24, 1871
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- 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
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-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
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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