Senate roll call 164 · 42nd Congress · Feb 12, 1872
To reconsider passage of H.R. 555.
On Feb 12, 1872, the Senate voted 25–22 (HR 555). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–20, Democrats 9–2, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 12, 1872
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 20 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX 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
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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