Senate roll call 287 · 41st Congress · May 13, 1870
To postpone consideration of H. R. 974. (p. 3435-2)
On May 13, 1870, the Senate voted 37–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–16, Democrats 8–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 17
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- May 13, 1870
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 16 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT 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
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- 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
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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