Senate roll call 92 · 42nd Congress · May 26, 1871
To consider legislative business.
On May 26, 1871, the Senate voted 17–20. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–14, Democrats 0–6, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 17
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 26, 1871
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 14 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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