Senate roll call 186 · 43rd Congress · May 28, 1874
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 44.
On May 28, 1874, the Senate voted 19–29 (S 44). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–18, Democrats 2–10, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 19
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 28, 1874
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 18 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- 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
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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