Senate roll call 791 · 42nd Congress · Mar 3, 1873
To amend H.R. 4051, the deficiency appropriations bill for fiscal 1872, by appropriating a sufficient amount for salaries of the mississippi members of the 41st
On Mar 3, 1873, the Senate voted 17–31 (HR 4051). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–22, Democrats 1–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 17
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 3, 1873
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott 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
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 4051, the deficiency…: Senate Vote, Mar 3, 1873,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-S-791/to-amend-h-r-4051-the-deficiency-appropriations-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).