Senate roll call 349 · 42nd Congress · May 3, 1872
To limit debate on amendments to H.R. 1070, the post office appropriations bill for fiscal 1872, to 5 minutes.
On May 3, 1872, the Senate voted 29–21 (HR 1070). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–10, Democrats 1–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 29
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 3, 1872
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- 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
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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