Senate roll call 188 · 42nd Congress · Mar 6, 1872
To amend H.R. 1060, by appropriating salaries and expenses of $34,850 for the new department of education.
On Mar 6, 1872, the Senate voted 17–25 (HR 1060). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–14, Democrats 0–11. 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
- 17
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 6, 1872
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 14 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 11 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Pool R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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