Senate roll call 617 · 42nd Congress · Dec 18, 1872
To amend S. 1257, a bill for the relief of settlers on the cherokee neutral lands in kansas, by entitling a settler to enter one quarter section of adjoining la
On Dec 18, 1872, the Senate voted 15–23 (S 1257). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–16, Democrats 6–6, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Dec 18, 1872
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 16 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott 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
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 1257, a bill for the relief of…: Senate Vote, Dec 18, 1872,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-S-617/to-amend-s-1257-a-bill-for-the-relief (accessed 2026-10-17).