Senate roll call 259 · 41st Congress · May 3, 1870
To refer H. J. RES. 282, a resolution establishing may 30 in each year as a public holiday, to the committee on military affairs. (JP. 595)
On May 3, 1870, the Senate voted 37–12 (HJR 282). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–12, Democrats 7–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 37
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 3, 1870
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 12 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton 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
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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