Senate roll call 323 · 41st Congress · May 26, 1870
To concur in an amendment to H. R. 974 appropriating $50,000 for publishing laws in pamphlet form and repealing legislation providing for the annual publication
On May 26, 1870, the Senate voted 21–26 (HR 974). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–27, Democrats 9–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 21
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 26, 1870
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 27 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- 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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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