Senate roll call 439 · 42nd Congress · May 21, 1872
To amend H.R. 2761, a bill removing political disabilities imposed by the 14th constitutional amendment, by striking out all after the enacting clause, and inse
On May 21, 1872, the Senate voted 14–32 (HR 2761). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–17, Democrats 0–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 21, 1872
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 17 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR 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
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- 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
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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