Senate roll call 239 · 42nd Congress · Mar 27, 1872
To amend H.R. 1537, by placing SALT on the free list.
On Mar 27, 1872, the Senate voted 22–25 (HR 1537). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–27, Democrats 7–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 22
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 27, 1872
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 27 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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