Senate roll call 341 · 42nd Congress · Apr 30, 1872
To amend H.R. 1654, by allowing post-civil war claims to be brought before the court of claims.
On Apr 30, 1872, the Senate voted 26–26 (HR 1654). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–14, Democrats 0–15, Others 0–1. 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
- 26
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Apr 30, 1872
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 14 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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