Senate roll call 449 · 42nd Congress · May 24, 1872
To amend H.R. 2192, a bill establishing a western judicial district of north carolina, by dividing louisiana into 2 judicial districts, setting boundaries etc.,
On May 24, 1872, the Senate voted 23–32 (HR 2192). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–24, Democrats 6–8, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 23
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 24, 1872
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 24 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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