Senate roll call 253 · 42nd Congress · Mar 28, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 1537.
On Mar 28, 1872, the Senate voted 13–27 (HR 1537). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–20, Democrats 2–7, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 13
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 28, 1872
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 20 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Pool R-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- 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
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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