Senate roll call 327 · 41st Congress · May 27, 1870
To concur in an amendment to H. R. 974 appropriating $500,000 for purchase of additional lands for the capitol. (p. 3892-2, 3895-2)
On May 27, 1870, the Senate voted 42–10 (HR 974). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–8, Democrats 7–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 42
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 27, 1870
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 8 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in an amendment to H. R. 974…: Senate Vote, May 27, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-S-327/to-concur-in-an-amendment-to-h-r-974 (accessed 2026-10-17).