Senate roll call 169 · 42nd Congress · Feb 16, 1872
That when the Senate adjourns today, it adjourn to meet on monday next.
On Feb 16, 1872, the Senate voted 27–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–14, Democrats 7–1, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 27
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 16, 1872
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 14 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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