Senate roll call 615 · 42nd Congress · Dec 13, 1872
To refer H.R. 2993, a bill for the relief of sufferers by fire in boston to the committee on the judiciary.
On Dec 13, 1872, the Senate voted 35–15 (HR 2993). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–15, Democrats 13–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 35
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Dec 13, 1872
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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