Senate roll call 103 · 42nd Congress · Dec 18, 1871
To table a resolution instructing the committee of investigation and retrenchment to inquire into expenditures of the government.
On Dec 18, 1871, the Senate voted 41–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 41–8, Democrats 0–13, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 41
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Dec 18, 1871
By party
- Republicans41 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony 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
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Sprague R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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