Senate roll call 361 · 41st Congress · Jun 11, 1870
To postpone H. R. 986 in order to continue consideration of S. 469, a bill relating to contral branch of the union pacific railroad company. (p. 4335-3)
On Jun 11, 1870, the Senate voted 24–21 (HR 986). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–16, Democrats 0–5. 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
- 24
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jun 11, 1870
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 16 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- 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
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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