Senate roll call 389 · 41st Congress · Jun 17, 1870
To amend H. R. 1828 (16 stat 227, app. July 11, 1870) the post office appropriation bill for fiscal 1871,by retaining provisions modifying and reducing postage
On Jun 17, 1870, the Senate voted 43–11 (HR 1828). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–11, Democrats 8–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 43
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jun 17, 1870
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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