Senate roll call 366 · 42nd Congress · May 7, 1872
To amend H.R. 1070, by appropriating $400,000, instead of $150,000, for U.S. Steamship mail service to rio de janiero.
On May 7, 1872, the Senate voted 25–24 (HR 1070). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–16, Democrats 3–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 25
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 7, 1872
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron 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
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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