Senate roll call 280 · 41st Congress · May 12, 1870
To adjourn because of the late hour, made during consideration of H. R. 987. (p. 3405-3)
On May 12, 1870, the Senate voted 11–28. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–25, Democrats 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- May 12, 1870
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 25 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- 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
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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