Senate roll call 703 · 42nd Congress · Feb 14, 1873
To amend H.R. 3351, by appropriating $1,500 each for salaries for the clerk of pay roles and the mustering clerk.
On Feb 14, 1873, the Senate voted 22–15 (HR 3351). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–11, Democrats 2–4, 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
- 22
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 14, 1873
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 11 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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