Senate roll call 337 · 42nd Congress · Apr 30, 1872
To table H.R. 1654, in order to consider a bill relating to elections in washington and idaho territories.
On Apr 30, 1872, the Senate voted 26–29 (HR 1654). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–29, Democrats 11–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 26
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Apr 30, 1872
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 29 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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