Senate roll call 24 · 41st Congress · Mar 30, 1869
To postpone S. 43 in order to take up H. R. 123, a bill making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the indian department and for fulfillin
On Mar 30, 1869, the Senate voted 24–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–23, Democrats 0–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 24
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 30, 1869
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 23 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL 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
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- John Sherman R-OH 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
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