Senate roll call 95 · 42nd Congress · May 27, 1871
To amend a resolution discharging z. L. White and h. J. Ramsdell by adding a proviso that the resolution does not interfere with any legal proceedings against e
On May 27, 1871, the Senate voted 16–20. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–16, Democrats 0–4, Others 0–1. 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
- 16
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 27, 1871
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 16 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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