Senate roll call 717 · 42nd Congress · Feb 17, 1873
To amend H.R. 3351, by striking out a phrase that rear admirals provided for in the act of 1872 shall be considered as having been retired as rear admirals.
On Feb 17, 1873, the Senate voted 15–29 (HR 3351). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–25, Democrats 5–6, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 15
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 17, 1873
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 25 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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