Senate roll call 74 · 41st Congress · Apr 21, 1869
To table the nomination of james sinclair to be assessor of internal revenue, third district of north carolina. (p.239)
On Apr 21, 1869, the Senate voted 22–25. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–25, Democrats 5–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 22
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Apr 21, 1869
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 25 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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