Senate roll call 434 · 41st Congress · Jun 29, 1870
To amend H. R. 2045 by eliminating the duty of 30 cents per gallon of linseed or flaxseed. (p. 4987-3)
On Jun 29, 1870, the Senate voted 19–26 (HR 2045). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–26, Democrats 9–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 19
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jun 29, 1870
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 26 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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