Senate roll call 566 · 41st Congress · Dec 21, 1870
To amend S. J. RES. 262 by providing that none of the commissioners shall be a member of Congress. (p. 259-1)
On Dec 21, 1870, the Senate voted 16–28 (SJR 262). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–28, Democrats 6–0. 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
- 16
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Dec 21, 1870
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 28 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert 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
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- 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
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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