Senate roll call 136 · 43rd Congress · Apr 30, 1874
To pass S. 320 (18-stat-l.338), a bill fixing the number of paymasters in the United States army.
On Apr 30, 1874, the Senate voted 21–18 (S 320). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–7, Democrats 3–10, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 21
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Apr 30, 1874
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 7 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 10 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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