Senate roll call 289 · 42nd Congress · Apr 12, 1872
To adjourn, there being no further business before the Senate.
On Apr 12, 1872, the Senate voted 23–25. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–12, Democrats 2–13. 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
- 23
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Apr 12, 1872
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 12 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 13 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- 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
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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 Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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