Senate roll call 468 · 41st Congress · Jul 2, 1870
To agree to a substitute amendment to H. R. 2201. (p. 4834, 5123-2)
On Jul 2, 1870, the Senate voted 17–33 (HR 2201). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–26, Democrats 0–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 17
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jul 2, 1870
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 26 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert 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
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- 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 Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard 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
- John Pool R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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