Senate roll call 740 · 42nd Congress · Feb 24, 1873
To postpone calendar and continue consideration of S. 693.
On Feb 24, 1873, the Senate voted 31–20 (S 693). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–15, Democrats 5–5, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 31
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 24, 1873
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
Did not vote
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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