Senate roll call 720 · 42nd Congress · Feb 17, 1873
To reconsider concurring in amendment to H.R. 3351, which adds that officers of the rank of fleet captains from 1861 shall share in the navy prize law.
On Feb 17, 1873, the Senate voted 21–20 (HR 3351). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–17, Democrats 6–3, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 21
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 17, 1873
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 17 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- 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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