Senate roll call 503 · 42nd Congress · May 30, 1872
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 2322.
On May 30, 1872, the Senate voted 16–34 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–21, Democrats 2–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 30, 1872
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 21 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 13 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Scott R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
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
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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