Senate roll call 93 · 42nd Congress · May 26, 1871
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of the resolution concerning the treaty of may 8, 1871.
On May 26, 1871, the Senate voted 20–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–19, Democrats 6–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 20
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- May 26, 1871
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 19 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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