Senate roll call 128 · 41st Congress · Feb 1, 1870
To amend S. 378 by striking the clause providing that a new apportionment, based upon the 1870 census, shall be made. (p. 944-1)
On Feb 1, 1870, the Senate voted 16–44 (S 378). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–33, Democrats 0–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 1, 1870
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 33 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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