Senate roll call 651 · 42nd Congress · Jan 23, 1873
To amend H.R. 2991, by raising from $60,000 to $67,000 the appropriation for workmen and adjusters.
On Jan 23, 1873, the Senate voted 24–23 (HR 2991). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–17, Democrats 5–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 24
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jan 23, 1873
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 17 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds 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
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt 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
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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