Senate roll call 64 · 42nd Congress · May 16, 1871
To pass a resolution ordering the arrest of hiram j. Ramsdell for refusal to obey summons to testify before a select committee of the Senate.
On May 16, 1871, the Senate voted 38–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–9, Democrats 6–5, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 38
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 16, 1871
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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