Senate roll call 176 · 41st Congress · Mar 9, 1870
To adjourn because of the late hour, made during consideration of S. 380. (JP. 345)
On Mar 9, 1870, the Senate voted 22–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–19, Democrats 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 22
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Mar 9, 1870
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 19 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- 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
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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