Senate roll call 294 · 42nd Congress · Apr 17, 1872
To amend S. 438, by reducing the necessary years of judges in office for resigning from 10 to 5.
On Apr 17, 1872, the Senate voted 19–22 (S 438). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–15, Democrats 3–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 19
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 17, 1872
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 15 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton 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
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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