Senate roll call 654 · 42nd Congress · Jan 24, 1873
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of H.R. 2991.
On Jan 24, 1873, the Senate voted 18–31 (HR 2991). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–21, Democrats 0–9, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 31
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 24, 1873
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 21 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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