Senate roll call 259 · 42nd Congress · Apr 2, 1872
To amend H.R. 1192, by authorizing the President and the secretary of the interior to appraise the cherokee lands.
On Apr 2, 1872, the Senate voted 26–14 (HR 1192). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–11, Democrats 4–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 26
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Apr 2, 1872
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 11 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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