Senate roll call 415 · 42nd Congress · May 16, 1872
To amend H.R. 2187, by providing for an annual rent of $5,000 on the property being used by the railroad company.
On May 16, 1872, the Senate voted 21–33 (HR 2187). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–31, Democrats 11–2, Others 1–0. 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
- 21
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 16, 1872
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 31 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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