Senate roll call 355 · 42nd Congress · May 6, 1872
To amend H.R. 1070, by appropriating $300,000 instead of $450,000 for a steamship route for mail between the U.S. And rio de janiero.
On May 6, 1872, the Senate voted 33–15 (HR 1070). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–13, Democrats 7–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 33
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 6, 1872
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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