Senate roll call 501 · 42nd Congress · May 30, 1872
To amend H.R. 2322, by adding twine used for gill-nets to the free list.
On May 30, 1872, the Senate voted 22–24 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–16, Democrats 6–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 22
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 30, 1872
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 16 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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