Senate roll call 266 · 42nd Congress · Apr 3, 1872
To amend S. 691, by providing that the subscription to stock shall be a first mortgage on the railway's property, and a first lien on its franchises and propert
On Apr 3, 1872, the Senate voted 18–22 (S 691). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–13, Democrats 1–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Apr 3, 1872
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 13 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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