Senate roll call 388 · 42nd Congress · May 11, 1872
To amend S. 791, a bill amending an act to enforce the rights of U.S. Citizens to vote, by inserting the word "district" in place of "circuit" wherever it occu
On May 11, 1872, the Senate voted 19–25 (S 791). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–26, Democrats 13–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 19
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 11, 1872
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 26 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- 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
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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