Senate roll call 634 · 42nd Congress · Jan 13, 1873
To amend S. 693, by expanding the endowment and support covered by the bill to include common schools.
On Jan 13, 1873, the Senate voted 9–32 (S 693). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–26, Democrats 4–7, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 9
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 13, 1873
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 26 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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