Senate roll call 225 · 42nd Congress · Mar 22, 1872
To amend H.R. 173, by placing tea and coffee on the free list.
On Mar 22, 1872, the Senate voted 35–13 (HR 173). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–9, Democrats 6–3, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 35
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 22, 1872
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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