Senate roll call 143 · 43rd Congress · May 12, 1874
To amend S. 7, by eliminating some sections of the bill, which consist of provisions for the establishment of a special court.
On May 12, 1874, the Senate voted 23–34 (S 7). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–28, Democrats 10–6, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 23
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 12, 1874
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 28 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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 Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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