Senate roll call 269 · 42nd Congress · Apr 4, 1872
To table S. 691, in order to proceed to consideration of H.R. 1192.
On Apr 4, 1872, the Senate voted 18–25 (S 691). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–19, Democrats 3–6, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 25
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 4, 1872
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 19 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 6 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- 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
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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