Senate roll call 803 · 42nd Congress · Mar 3, 1873
To pass H.R. 3844, a bill removing disabilities of robert hunter.
On Mar 3, 1873, the Senate voted 28–11 (HR 3844). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–11, Democrats 9–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 28
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 3, 1873
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 11 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan 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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