Senate roll call 7 · 43rd Congress · Mar 14, 1873
To receive the petition relating to john alsop, praying indemnity for spoliations committee by french cruisers prior to 1801.
On Mar 14, 1873, the Senate voted 24–32. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–26, Democrats 12–4, Others 4–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 14, 1873
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 26 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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