Senate roll call 222 · 42nd Congress · Mar 20, 1872
To amend H.R. 555, by authorizing the secretary of the treasury to reimburse citizens for import duties paid on unused materials destroyed in the fire.
On Mar 20, 1872, the Senate voted 9–29 (HR 555). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–20, Democrats 1–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 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
- 9
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 20, 1872
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 20 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
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
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-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
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- 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
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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