Senate roll call 266 · 41st Congress · May 5, 1870
To postpone H. R. 986 in order to take up S. 810, a bill enforcing the 15th amendment to the constitution. (p. 3253-3)
On May 5, 1870, the Senate voted 36–21 (HR 986). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–19, Democrats 6–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 36
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 5, 1870
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 19 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN 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
- Simon Cameron 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
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague 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
How each senator voted: No
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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