Senate roll call 484 · 41st Congress · Jul 5, 1870
To amend H. R. 2045 by providing that merchandise imported by way of new orleans be landed, duties thereon ascertained by collector, and merchandise be held in
On Jul 5, 1870, the Senate voted 19–28 (HR 2045). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–25, Democrats 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 19
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jul 5, 1870
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 25 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV 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
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- 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 Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
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