Senate roll call 338 · 41st Congress · Jun 2, 1870
To place S. 986 at the foot of the calendar. (p. 403-1)
On Jun 2, 1870, the Senate voted 25–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–25, Democrats 1–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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
- 25
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jun 2, 1870
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 25 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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