Senate roll call 643 · 42nd Congress · Jan 17, 1873
To adjourn.
On Jan 17, 1873, the Senate voted 18–22. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–18, Democrats 7–4. 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
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 17, 1873
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 18 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.