Senate roll call 154 · 41st Congress · Feb 18, 1870
To consent to the nomination of george a pearre of maryland as United States circuit judge of the fourth judicial circuit. (p. 369)
On Feb 18, 1870, the Senate voted 31–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–21, Democrats 9–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 31
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 18, 1870
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 21 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey 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
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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