Senate roll call 195 · 43rd Congress · Jun 4, 1874
To amend preamble to the resolution instructing the committee on appropriations to report amendments to the pending rivers and harbors appropriation bill, by el
On Jun 4, 1874, the Senate voted 14–33. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–31, Democrats 10–3, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 14
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 4, 1874
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 31 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright 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
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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