Senate roll call 355 · 41st Congress · Jun 8, 1870
To postpone the time for recess of the Senate from 4:30 p.m. To 5 p.m., made during consideration of the resolution relating to the treaty for the annexation of
On Jun 8, 1870, the Senate voted 30–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–14, Democrats 2–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 30
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 8, 1870
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 14 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- 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
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- 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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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