Senate roll call 153 · 42nd Congress · Feb 8, 1872
To amend H.R. 380, by striking out a clause repealing discrimination in the laws through use of the word "white".
On Feb 8, 1872, the Senate voted 25–34 (HR 380). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–33, Democrats 11–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 25
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 8, 1872
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 33 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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