1. Home
2. Votes
3. Senate vote 176 (43rd Congress)

Senate roll call 176 · 43rd Congress · May 22, 1874

To amend S. 1, by giving to colored children the right to attend public schools on an equal basis with white children.

On May 22, 1874, the Senate voted 16–28 (S 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–28, Democrats 13–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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

16

No

28

Did not vote

35

Date

May 22, 1874

From Voteview roll call records.