Senate roll call 173 · 43rd Congress · May 22, 1874
To amend S. 1, by exempting from the operations of the statute private schools and private institutions, or those that are maintained or founded by private fund
On May 22, 1874, the Senate voted 5–42 (S 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–29, Democrats 0–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 5 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
- 5
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 22, 1874
By party
- Republicans5 yes · 29 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 14 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- 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
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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