To adjourn because of the late hour, made during consideration of H. R. 783. (p. 608-2)

On Jan 20, 1870, the Senate voted 27–29. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–22, Democrats 3–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 members voted against their own party.

During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 27
No: 29
Did not vote: 24
Date: Jan 20, 1870

By party

Republicans24 yes · 22 no · 21 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 7 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Willard Warner R-AL voted no
Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN voted yes
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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