Senate roll call 778 · 42nd Congress · Mar 1, 1873
To amend H.R. 3921, by appropriating $1,600,000 to reimburse the city of washington for improvements of streets.
On Mar 1, 1873, the Senate voted 39–11 (HR 3921). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–7, Democrats 9–4. 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
- 39
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 1, 1873
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 7 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- William Sprague R-RI 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
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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