Senate roll call 158 · 43rd Congress · May 14, 1874
To amend H.R. 1572, by substituting a new subject after the enacting clause, and satisfying a complaint that inequality exists between states with respect to ba
On May 14, 1874, the Senate voted 27–29 (HR 1572). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–22, Democrats 8–7, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 27
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 14, 1874
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 22 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- 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
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- John Brown Gordon 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
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
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