Senate roll call 95 · 41st Congress · Dec 22, 1869
To table the nomination of e. R. Hoar. (p. 330)
On Dec 22, 1869, the Senate voted 24–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–21, Democrats 0–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 24
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Dec 22, 1869
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 21 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- 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
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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