Senate roll call 220 · 42nd Congress · Mar 20, 1872
To amend H.R. 555, by reimbursing the people of chicago who paid import duties on new material for rebuilding their damaged property.
On Mar 20, 1872, the Senate voted 13–24 (HR 555). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–22, Democrats 3–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 13
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 20, 1872
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 22 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 555, by reimbursing the people…: Senate Vote, Mar 20…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-S-220/to-amend-h-r-555-by-reimbursing-the-people (accessed 2026-10-17).