Senate roll call 687 · 42nd Congress · Feb 10, 1873
To amend S. 1203, by providing that a claimant shall show that his loss in each case in question exceeded the sum of his premiums with regard to the war risk.
On Feb 10, 1873, the Senate voted 18–26 (S 1203). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–26, Democrats 13–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 10, 1873
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 26 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 1203, by providing that a…: Senate Vote, Feb 10, 1873,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-S-687/to-amend-s-1203-by-providing-that-a-claimant (accessed 2026-10-17).