Senate roll call 314 · 42nd Congress · Apr 23, 1872
To amend a resolution providing that joseph c. Abbott is not entitled to a seat in the Senate, by substituting that MR. Abbott is indeed entitled to a seat.
On Apr 23, 1872, the Senate voted 10–42. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–29, Democrats 0–15, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 10
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Apr 23, 1872
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 29 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- 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
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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