Senate roll call 247 · 42nd Congress · Mar 28, 1872
To amend H.R. 1537, by placing tea and coffee on the free list.
On Mar 28, 1872, the Senate voted 21–25 (HR 1537). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–19, Democrats 3–5, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 21
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 28, 1872
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 19 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN 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
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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