Senate roll call 125 · 43rd Congress · Apr 13, 1874
To amend S. 378, by making stockholders liable in suits brought by laborers for payment, for amounts equal to the value of the stock they hold.
On Apr 13, 1874, the Senate voted 28–10 (S 378). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–7, Democrats 6–2, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Apr 13, 1874
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 7 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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