Senate roll call 491 · 42nd Congress · May 30, 1872
To amend H.R. 2322, by placing a 25% ad valorem tariff on saltpeter.
On May 30, 1872, the Senate voted 18–22 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–12, Democrats 0–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- May 30, 1872
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 12 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 10 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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