Senate roll call 187 · 42nd Congress · Mar 6, 1872
To amend H.R. 1060, by appropriating $48,000 for salaries for 40 additional clerks in the general land office.
On Mar 6, 1872, the Senate voted 21–20 (HR 1060). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–8, Democrats 0–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 21
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 6, 1872
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 8 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 12 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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