Senate roll call 454 · 41st Congress · Jul 1, 1870
To amend H. R. 2045 by retaining the tax on gross receipts on boats, barges, and flats, on legacies, successions, and passports. (p. 5090-3)
On Jul 1, 1870, the Senate voted 25–24 (HR 2045). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–18, Democrats 2–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 24
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jul 1, 1870
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 18 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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