Senate roll call 556 · 41st Congress · Dec 19, 1870
To concur in an amendment to h. J. R. 188 decreasing the number of copies to be distributed gratuitously to five for each state and as many more as there are li
On Dec 19, 1870, the Senate voted 23–24 (HJR 188). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–23, Democrats 6–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 23
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Dec 19, 1870
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 23 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- 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
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry 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
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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