Senate roll call 211 · 42nd Congress · Mar 13, 1872
To amend H.R. 1060, by fixing the commissioner of agriculture's salary at $4,000, and by equalizing the salaries of the solicitor of the internal revenue and TH
On Mar 13, 1872, the Senate voted 32–11 (HR 1060). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–8, Democrats 6–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 32
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 13, 1872
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Sprague R-RI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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