Senate roll call 135 · 43rd Congress · Apr 28, 1874
To pass S. 617 over a presidential veto.
On Apr 28, 1874, the Senate voted 34–30 (S 617). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–20, Democrats 8–8, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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
- 34
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Apr 28, 1874
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 20 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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