Senate roll call 799 · 42nd Congress · Mar 3, 1873
To recommit H.R. 4051, to the committee of conference with instructions to report.
On Mar 3, 1873, the Senate voted 24–41 (HR 4051). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–29, Democrats 3–12, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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
- 24
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Mar 3, 1873
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 29 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 12 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- 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
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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