Senate roll call 140 · 42nd Congress · Jan 29, 1872
To amend H.R. 243, a bill apportioning representatives according to figures of the 9th census, by increasing the number of representatives to 292.
On Jan 29, 1872, the Senate voted 17–31 (HR 243). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–19, Democrats 1–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 17
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 29, 1872
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 19 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 13 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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