Senate roll call 179 · 41st Congress · Mar 10, 1870
To adjourn because of the late hour, made during consideration of S. 380. (p. 1840-1)
On Mar 10, 1870, the Senate voted 19–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–24, Democrats 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 19
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 10, 1870
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 24 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted yes
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard 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
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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