Senate roll call 264 · 41st Congress · May 5, 1870
To postpone H. R. 986 in order to take up S. 810, a bill providing for the enforcement of the 15th amendment to the constitution. (p. 3252-1, 2)
On May 5, 1870, the Senate voted 25–30 (HR 986). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–22, Democrats 0–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 25
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 5, 1870
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 22 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin 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
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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