Senate roll call 435 · 42nd Congress · May 21, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of S. 99.
On May 21, 1872, the Senate voted 20–23 (S 99). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–16, Democrats 5–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- May 21, 1872
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 16 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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