Senate roll call 96 · 42nd Congress · May 27, 1871
To pass a resolution dicharging MR. Z. L. White and MR. H. J. Ramsdell.
On May 27, 1871, the Senate voted 23–13. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–13, Democrats 7–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 23
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 27, 1871
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 13 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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