Senate roll call 193 · 42nd Congress · Mar 8, 1872
To proceed to consideration of executive business, motion made during debate on H.R. 1060.
On Mar 8, 1872, the Senate voted 34–14 (HR 1060). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–12, Democrats 9–2, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 34
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 8, 1872
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 12 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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