Senate roll call 184 · 42nd Congress · Mar 5, 1872
To excuse stevenson of kentucky from service on the committee on sales and arms.
On Mar 5, 1872, the Senate voted 23–25. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–24, Democrats 13–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 23
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 5, 1872
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 24 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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