Senate roll call 198 · 41st Congress · Mar 17, 1870
To reconsider the resolution by which the Senate voted on the nomination of george oulton as collector of internal revenue for the first district of california.
On Mar 17, 1870, the Senate voted 14–32. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–24, Democrats 0–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 17, 1870
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 24 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- 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
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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