Senate roll call 508 · 42nd Congress · May 31, 1872
To proceed to consideration of conference report on H.R. 2116, a bill providing greater security of life on board steam vessels.
On May 31, 1872, the Senate voted 32–17 (HR 2116). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–13, Democrats 6–4, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 32
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- May 31, 1872
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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