Senate roll call 482 · 42nd Congress · May 30, 1872
To amend H.R. 2322, by taxing all SALT at 50% ad valorem.
On May 30, 1872, the Senate voted 20–36 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–22, Democrats 0–13, Others 0–1. 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
- 36
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 30, 1872
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton 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
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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