To pass the resolution establishing a joint committee to look into propriety of change in policy toward indians and system of governing them. (p. 2639-1)

On Apr 13, 1870, the Senate voted 29–28. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–19, Democrats 0–9. 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: 29
No: 28
Did not vote: 23
Date: Apr 13, 1870

By party

Republicans29 yes · 19 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Willard Warner R-AL voted no
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
John Scott R-PA voted no
William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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